Jonathan,

Do a PAUSE ;JOB=#J1234;WAIT to find out when it starts (continues as soon as it starts)

Do a PAUSE ;JOB=#J1234 to find out when if finishes (continues as soon as it finishes).

Wyell

>>> "Jonathan M. Backus" <[log in to unmask]> 01/08/03 11:21AM >>>
        I'm working on an A500 (MPE/iX 7.0).  It seems that JINFO only works
against jobs that are either executing or waiting.  If I do "CALC
JINFO('#J1234','EXISTS') it comes back TRUE for executing and waiting jobs
but if #J1234 is in the 'READY' state it comes back false.

while jinfo('!hplastjob','StdlistSPstate') <> "READY"
  echo processing...
  pause 5
endwhile

        I'm trying to wait for the job to finish but if the job is already finished
by the time it gets to the loop it fails with an error (Job does not exist.
(CIERR 3042)) even though the 'JINFO' documentation states that READY is one
of the possible responses for this option.  Anybody have any thoughts?

Thanx,
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