I suppose a final job-step to do the DEQ with COND=EVEN would not always do the trick. As I recall there are some types of abends that flush the job including steps with COND=EVEN, right?
On Mon, Apr 20, 2015 at 6:09 PM, John McKown <john.archie.mck...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Mon, Apr 20, 2015 at 9:41 AM, Steff Gladstone < > steff.gladst...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > The ENQ has to be transparent to the JCL. Could I dynamically allocate > a > > dataset with DISP=(OLD,PASS)? As I recall the dynamic allocation does > not > > permit the use of PASS. > > > > Hum, I'm going to go way out on a limb and start sawing. <grin/> > > I wonder if it would be possible to do a directed ENQ of a SYSDSN to the > initiator TCB and then modify the SWA to "generate" the internal > information for a DD and place that as if it had been in a DD in the JCL. I > am likely not saying that very well. But I'm thinking that products like > CA-11 do this sort of thing for restart (in order to change GDG generation > numbers). If this were possible, then perhaps the initiator would do the > DEQ at end of job. > > Perhaps Chris, or another ISV person, would know. > > > > > > > > > On Mon, Apr 20, 2015 at 5:30 PM, Blaicher, Christopher Y. < > > cblaic...@syncsort.com> wrote: > > > > > I guess you could do that, assign the initiator TCB to the ENQ, but > what > > > happens if the job abends before the step you do the DEQ in? > > > > > > I think this will work - If the purpose is to prevent two similar > > > processes, then why not use a common data set and allocate it as > > > DISP=(OLD,PASS). That way the ENQ on the data set will last for the > > > duration of the job, and if it dies early the ENQ automatically goes > > away. > > > > > > Chris Blaicher > > > -- > If you sent twitter messages while exploring, are you on a textpedition? > > He's about as useful as a wax frying pan. > > 10 to the 12th power microphones = 1 Megaphone > > Maranatha! <>< > John McKown > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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
