Robert,
Actually I found that section in my 1994 printing of the manual on page
119.
There is a one liner in the %BACKG command in the Security/3000 section
that refers you to the %BACKG command in the MPEX/3000 section.
I scanned it and attached it here as a pdf.
(It is understood the attachment will get stripped from the HP3000
listserv copy.)
Tracy Johnson
Measurement Specialties, Inc.
BT
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: HP-3000 Systems Discussion
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Robert Mills
> Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2006 5:49 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [HP3000-L] User written %BACKG tasks.
>
>
> John,
>
> Years ago (?early 80's?) the %BACKG entry in the 'printed'
> manual used to contain a section titled 'CUSTOM BACKG TASKS'
> which was about three pages long. I'm not sure when it
> started but gradually over time it started shrinking. By the
> time version 26 of the 'printed' manual was released it had
> disappeared.
>
> (If anybody has the missing pages and is able to scan them
> into a file I would love a copy.)
>
> The GSLSEC group of the VECSL (VESoft Contributed Library)
> account contains some tasks written by Adrian Partridge. They are:
>
> CDSM (Disk Space Monitor) - Sends a warning to the console
> when available disk space falls below 10% free. CESR (Empty
> Spoolfile Remover) - Delete spoolfiles that only contain 2
> lines and are in a READY state. CHOGGER (CPU Hogger) - Aborts
> any users that have used more than 1,000 CPU seconds.
> CJOBFLOW (Job Flow) - Multiple job queues (worked on
> MPE/V!!!). CREPMON (Reply Monitor) - Sends a warning to the
> console of any requests that have been waiting in excess of
> 10 minutes.
>
> Have used all of the above and never had any problems with them.
>
> regards,
>
> Robert W.Mills
> MIS Systems Development Manager
> Windsong Services
> +44 (0)20 8309 3604
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: HP-3000 Systems Discussion [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
> Behalf Of John Bawden
> Sent: 18 September 2006 18:33
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [HP3000-L] User written %BACKG tasks.
>
> Robert,
>
> My ignorance is showing, I wasn't aware that you could add additional,
> non-MPEX defined tasks to BACKG. Where is this documented, if it is?
>
> John Bawden
> QualChoice/Wellpoint
>
> --- Robert Mills <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
>
> > Thanks to all who have replied to this giving/offering
> details of how
> > to do it with a batch job.
> >
> > The thing is that I'm REALLY looking at solutions that use VESoft's
> > MPEX %BACKG facility.
> >
> > regards,
> >
> > Robert W.Mills
> > MIS Systems Development Manager
> > Windsong Services
> > +44 (0)20 8309 3604
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Robert Mills
> > Sent: 18 September 2006 15:26
> > To: 3000-L Mail List ([log in to unmask])
> > Subject: User written %BACKG tasks.
> >
> > Greetings to the -L,
> >
> > Has anybody written any %BACKG tasks that the would
> > be willing to give
> > some details of?
> >
> > In the past I wrote several that made it easier to
> > check if certain
> > processes (jobs) and connections were working ok.
> > The thing with these
> > is that they were simple, took minimal resources and
> > were very quick to
> > run.
> >
> > I now find myself with having to write something to
> > check for files on
> > an ftp server, download them, run a program to load
> > them into a database
> > (Cobol), extract some data (PowerHouse QTP), upload
> > the extracted data
> > to an ftp server. My options are:
> >
> > 1. Batch job that process all found files and stops
> > when upload is
> > completed.
> > 1. Batch job that loops until a 'stop' file is
> > found.
> > 2. Batch job running a Cobol program that loops
> > until a 'stop' command
> > is received.
> > 3. %BACKG task.
> >
> > regards,
> >
> > Robert W.Mills
> > MIS Systems Development Manager
> > Windsong Services
> > +44 (0)20 8309 3604
> >
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