Well my mind isn't so great - as it never even thought about that. Thanks.
-----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On Behalf Of Phil Smith III Sent: Thursday, May 9, 2024 2:10 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: JOB card format GMTA! -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On Behalf Of Mike Schwab Sent: Thursday, May 9, 2024 2:57 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: JOB card format 357912 so 5x the 64k limit. * 60 = 2,1474,720 seconds. About 1/1000 of a 2GB limit if .001 second units. On Thu, May 9, 2024 at 12:48 PM Pommier, Rex <rpomm...@sfgmembers.com> wrote: > > Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: JOB card format > > On Thu, 9 May 2024 10:44:10 -0500, Steve Beaver wrote: > > >TIME=1440 turns off the timing -- This depends on whether there is > >an exit controlling the use of 1440 > > > I wonder why the designers didn't choose 9999, the largest possible > 4-digit value, to mean "forever"? (OTHH, I get cognitive dissonance > with products that use > 0 to mean "unlimited".) > > -- > gil > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Gil et al, > > So how did they come up with this one? From the JCL reference manual: > > minutes > Specifies the maximum number of minutes the step can use the > processor. Minutes must be a number from 0 through 357912 (248.55 days). > > 357912 minutes? My brain isn't coming up with a logical explanation for that > number. > > Rex > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > The information contained in this message is confidential, protected from > disclosure and may be legally privileged. If the reader of this message is > not the intended recipient or an employee or agent responsible for delivering > this message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any > disclosure, distribution, copying, or any action taken or action omitted in > reliance on it, is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have > received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by > replying to this message and destroy the material in its entirety, whether in > electronic or hard copy format. Thank you. > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send > email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN -- Mike A Schwab, Springfield IL USA Where do Forest Rangers go to get away from it all? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The information contained in this message is confidential, protected from disclosure and may be legally privileged. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient or an employee or agent responsible for delivering this message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, distribution, copying, or any action taken or action omitted in reliance on it, is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by replying to this message and destroy the material in its entirety, whether in electronic or hard copy format. Thank you. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
