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Do nothing loop job

 
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nakapako
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PostPosted: Mon Nov 07, 2005 9:55 am    Post subject: Do nothing loop job Reply with quote

Hi All,
I'm new at this so please bear with me. I'm trying to find out if there is a job or proc that is basically a "do nothing loop" which I can run for 5 minutes and then proceed to the next step of the job.

thank you,
dWink
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PostPosted: Mon Nov 07, 2005 10:05 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

nakapako,

Cobol solution:

http://www.mvsforums.com/helpboards/viewtopic.php?p=9441#9441

rexx solution:

http://www.mvsforums.com/helpboards/viewtopic.php?p=446#446

Hope this helps...

Cheers

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PostPosted: Mon Nov 07, 2005 2:32 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

The standard warning applies though. You won't win any friends tying up an initiator for 5 minutes doing nothing.

(By the way, another way is to use the USS sleep function from Rexx)
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PostPosted: Tue Nov 08, 2005 11:26 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

thank you both for your response. And yes, I understand about tying up resources needlessly. We will not be doing this without the boss' permission. This question came up during a meeting with one of our applications group......dWink
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