On Fri, 19 Nov 2010 17:52:18 -0600, Paul Gilmartin <[email protected]> wrote:
>On Fri, 19 Nov 2010 17:41:49 -0600, Mark Zelden wrote:
>>
>>Based on a quick test of SLEEP from TSO without rc=syscalls('ON'), it looks
>>like it isn't required. Maybe since z/OS 1.8.
>>
>I assume you mean "sleep 0". Fortunately that doesn't mean
>"sleep forever", as some languages quirkily treat null constructs.
>
I ran this test. I've always included rc=syscalls('on') in the past.
/* REXX */
arg sleep_time
if sleep_time = '' then sleep_time = 10
say 'Sleeping for' sleep_time 'seconds.'
address syscall "sleep" sleep_time
Mark
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