Re: CL command to check whether an active job of a given name exists? -- MIDRANGE-L

Subject: Re: CL command to check whether an active job of a given name exists?
From: Patrik Schindler <poc@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 15 May 2024 13:52:10 +0200
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Hello James,

Am 15.05.2024 um 00:16 schrieb James H. H. Lampert via MIDRANGE-L <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:

Seems like there ought to be something built into the OS, to keep two of the same job from getting into a fight.

How could the OS know what is a legitimate shared access and "a fight"? => Preventing this is the responsibility of the application programmer. As you've demonstrated by introducing a semaphore. :-)

:wq! PoC

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Re: CL command to check whether an active job of a given name exists? , Charles Wilt
AW: CL command to check whether an active job of a given name exists? , Sean Courtney

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