You could use AUTO from the CBT tape. Works well for what you need.

On Tue, Nov 6, 2018 at 8:32 PM Sean Gleann <[email protected]> wrote:

> 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
> > >
> > >  .
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