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>      My question is:
> 1) Is there a way, I could periodically, say once an hour after 10 PM,
>    check to see if executing jobs(excluding a list of jobs that are
>    always executing) exceeded:
>           xxxxx CPU seconds or
>           yyyyy elapsed minutes
>    and abort them if they did.

Simple fix for CPU; just add ";TIME=nnnn" to the :JOB card to specify
the maximum CPU you wish the job to obtain.

> 2) Is there a way to abort any job asking for a tape mount/tape reply
>    after 10 PM since there are no operators at this time. This screws
>    up production also.

You might try to :DOWN your tape devices at 10 PM; if I recall correctly
you will then get an immediate open failure in the program (device
unavailable) instead of a reply prompt, but I won't swear to it <g>.

Jeff Kell <[log in to unmask]>