RE: Monitor for existing job.

["Al Barsa/Barsa Consulting" <barsa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I don't particularly like the data area approach, but you could create and
delete the *DTAARA's in QRPLOBJ.  The system does not use this library for
data areas, so there would be no conflict there, and it is implicitly
cleared on any IPL.

Al

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                    "Fisher, Don"
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I personally don't like using a value in a data area to determine whether a
job is running.  The reason being that jobs can sometimes end without
updating the data area with the "not running" value.

When I have this requirement I have the job allocate the data area with an
exclusive lock.  If it fails, then another copy must be running.

Hope that helps.

Donald R. Fisher, III
Project Manager
The Roomstore Furniture Company
(804) 784-7600 extension 2124
DFisher@roomstoreeast.com

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If there is a '1' in the data area, it is running, if there is a '0', it
isn't running.
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