We use this, Barbera Might help
I hope email code page problems don't trash the special characters I'm using . . . ********************************* Top of Data ******************************** # # shell script to bring down daemon if running # set -x # # # the following finds the pids by piping the output of ps -ef through # three greps (pattern matching) and an awk (to get the second column). # The two extra greps filter out the grep process itself and the # jlp_killprocess # # pids=`ps -ef|grep £1|grep -v grep|grep -v jlp_killprocess\ |awk '{print £2}'` # pids is now the process id(s) of the syslog daemon(s) running running=0 for pid in £pids do running=1 done if test £running -eq 0 then echo "jlp_killprocess: "£1" is not running " exit 0 fi echo "jlp_killprocess: issueing kill for "£pids for pid in £pids do kill -s TERM £pid done sleep 10 for pid in £pids do kill -s KILL £pid done sleep 5 # check to make sure it ain't there any more . . . pids=`ps -ef|grep £1|grep -v grep|grep -v jlp_killprocess\ |awk '{print £2}'` running=0 for pid in £pids do running=1 done if test £running -eq 0 then echo "jlp_killprocess: "£1" has been killed " exit 0 fi echo "jlp_killprocess: "£1" - kill failed " exit 12 ******************************** Bottom of Data *********************** ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Andy Robertson telephone mobile 0777 214 9545 home 01308 420797 -----IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu> wrote: ----- To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu From: David Crayford <dcrayf...@gmail.com> Sent by: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu> Date: 06/23/2009 11:41AM Subject: Re: And you ask why I hate OMVS? Barbara Nitz wrote: > > My shutting down the fork service brought WBIFN to a halt, and probably > rightly so. On the other hand, a 'real' MVS component would have had > recovery in place with provisions for that service happening and terminating all > on its own. Just think of the lengths IMS goes to *not* to have an MPR > canceled from under it! > IMS and it's BPE framework has it's hooks firmly in OMVS. IMS Connect cannot run without it. An IMS Java MPP/BPP requires OMS (anybody using IMS Java?). As Aussie Shane noted, the horse has bolted (you just can't avoid it). BTW, I enjoy reading your posts very much. You are obviously a good value expert. There's nothing better than a customer use case when things suck. IBM should take notice! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html ********************************************************************** This email is confidential and may contain copyright material of the John Lewis Partnership. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify us immediately and delete all copies of this message. (Please note that it is your responsibility to scan this message for viruses). Email to and from the John Lewis Partnership is automatically monitored for operational and lawful business reasons. ********************************************************************** John Lewis plc Registered in England 233462 Registered office 171 Victoria Street London SW1E 5NN Websites: http://www.johnlewis.com http://www.waitrose.com http://www.greenbee.com http://www.johnlewispartnership.co.uk ********************************************************************** ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html