Why bother checking periodically if the job has completed when you can simply add a step at the end of the first job to submit the next job.
//LASTSTEP EXEC PGM=IKJEFT01 //SYSTSPRT DD SYSOUT=* //SYSTSIN DD * SUB 'MY.JOB.PDS(my next job)' //* Kolusu IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> wrote on 04/30/2013 09:33:19 AM: > From: Anthony Rudd <[email protected]> > To: [email protected], > Date: 04/30/2013 09:39 AM > Subject: Check whether job still running > Sent by: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> > > I am sorry that I was too imprecise. > I need a programmed solution, prefererably called from REXX (IRXJCL). > > The situation: > I have submitted as batch job (possibly long running). > In a separate batch job, I need to wait until the first job has completed. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
