Actually, this in the way back machine we were doing this in the OS /VS2 days.
On Tue, Nov 5, 2019 at 7:38 AM scott Ford <idfli...@gmail.com> wrote: > Many concepts re-surface Steve. > > On Mon, Nov 4, 2019 at 10:02 PM Steve Smith <sasd...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> This sure sounds like a discussion from the 1980s. Operators? Consoles? >> Those are still a thing? >> >> Try out the new // NOTIFY statement, and send an email to whoever needs to >> wake up. >> >> sas >> >> >> On Mon, Nov 4, 2019 at 8:37 PM CM Poncelet <ponce...@bcs.org.uk> wrote: >> >> > The COND=EVEN/ONLY will not work if the job hits a *JCL error*. <g> >> > >> > >> > On 04/11/2019 23:56, Charles Mills wrote: >> > > It would be nice if there were a way to get the condition codes into >> the >> > WTO program, something like (don't try this at home): >> > > >> > > //WTO1 EXEC PGM=WTO,COND=EVEN, >> > > // PARM='Job FOOBAR terminating. Highest CC was &MAXCC' >> > > >> > > I seem to recall a discussion here about retrieving the last and >> maximum >> > job CC's from within a program running as a jobstep and the answer was >> that >> > there was no good way. >> > > >> > > Charles >> > > >> > > >> > > -----Original Message----- >> > > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] >> > On Behalf Of Jesse 1 Robinson >> > > Sent: Monday, November 4, 2019 1:01 PM >> > > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU >> > > Subject: Re: WTO message at the end of JCL >> > > >> > > MVS has provided such a mechanism forever using >> > > >> > > 1. a program that issues a WTO >> > > >> > > 2. conditional execution on the WTO step with COND=EVEN or ONLY >> > (depending on the logic required) >> > > >> > > Most shops already have a more or less sophisticated (security wise) >> > program to issue a WTO. Conditional JCL is free for the coding. Every >> shop >> > I've worked in uses the mechanism to manage production, including my >> > current one. There is as Brian says no way to handle a JCL error >> without an >> > external 'product'. >> > > >> > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> > > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, >> > > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO >> IBM-MAIN >> > > . >> > > >> > >> > >> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, >> > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN >> > >> >> >> -- >> sas >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, >> send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN >> > -- > Scott Ford > IDMWORKS > z/OS Development > -- Scott Ford IDMWORKS z/OS Development ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
