Kees THANK YOU! Such a simple solution & one that I had not spotted despite all RTFMing I've done. When I do a '£T A,ALL' I can see the '24.05' & '24.10' time stamps, but I never made the connection - just thought it was a weird way of specifying time in the hour after midnight
Sean On Tue, 6 Nov 2018 at 09:23, Vernooij, Kees (ITOPT1) - KLM < [email protected]> wrote: > The problem is that when you issue the automatic command with a time in > the past, it will be issued immediately. > You can avoid this by scheduling it for the next day with T=24.05. T= is > calculated from the last midnight, so 24.05 means 00:05 tomorrow morning. > > Kees. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On > > Behalf Of Sean Gleann > > Sent: 06 November, 2018 9:49 > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Anyone using cron? > > > > Hello all > > > > I have a need to run a couple of batch jobstreams at the same time every > > day. > > The streams are fully developed and they run happily at the required > > time(s), under control of a couple of JES 'TA' automatic commands: > > £ T A0001,I=86400,T=00.05,'£VS,''S JOB,N=DLYWORK1''' > > £ T A0002,I=86400,T=00.10,'£VS,''S JOB,N=DLYWORK2''' > > ('JOB' is an IEBGENER that copies files to the internal reader) > > The trouble with that solution is that TA commands are obeyed both at > > the > > prescribed times AND at IPL (or JES start?) time. > > Given that I'm currently working on commissioning a new production > > system, IPLs are still fairly frequent, and so the timed jobstreams keep > > resulting in 'unexpected' results. > > > > There isn't any cash in the kitty for something like OPC (now Tivoli?) > > or > > CA-7, and I've been unable to track down any 'freeware' batch job > > scheduler > > (though I'd be happy to be shown the error of my ways on that), so I > > decided to try using cron instead. > > > > Is anybody using cron in this way? Is there anything I should beware of? > > > > Sean > > > > . > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > ******************************************************** > For information, services and offers, please visit our web site: > http://www.klm.com. This e-mail and any attachment may contain > confidential and privileged material intended for the addressee only. If > you are not the addressee, you are notified that no part of the e-mail or > any attachment may be disclosed, copied or distributed, and that any other > action related to this e-mail or attachment is strictly prohibited, and may > be unlawful. If you have received this e-mail by error, please notify the > sender immediately by return e-mail, and delete this message. > > Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij NV (KLM), its subsidiaries and/or its > employees shall not be liable for the incorrect or incomplete transmission > of this e-mail or any attachments, nor responsible for any delay in receipt. > Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij N.V. (also known as KLM Royal Dutch > Airlines) is registered in Amstelveen, The Netherlands, with registered > number 33014286 > ******************************************************** > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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
