>Since fixing the problem with the program would require quite a bit more
>work, I am looking at trying to have the job read the line with the
program's last
>message from its own stdlist. Presumably, the program's last message will
>be some small number of lines from the end of the stdlist, skewed by
whatever
>code I add around the execution of the program. This program produces
thousands
>of lines of messages, so redirecting the output into a temp file is not a
favored
>solution.

You could try using a using a circular file to limit the size of the stdlist
redirect file without
missing the *interesting* events at the end. From help build all 'A CIR, or
circular, file
acts as a normal sequential file until full.  When full, the first physical
block is deleted
when the next record is written, and remaining blocks are logically shifted
to the
front of the file.  A circular file cannot be simultaneously accessed by
readers and writers.'

:build listout;rec=-80,,f,ascii;cir;disc=100
:file listout,old;dev=disc
:run pwbigstd >*listout

Cordially,

Mike Hornsby
CoFounder
Beechglen Development Inc. (beechglen.com)
513-922-0509
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