Barry,
These are indeed good suggestions, unfortunately I don't have those HP variables available. Are they from a version of MPE/iX other than 5.5pp7?
Luckily, this job only gets run between noon and 18h00; so I don't think we will have a problem.
>>> Barry Lake <[log in to unmask]> 07/10/00 02:12PM >>>
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If, by chance, you were to run your command file (or JCL) at 23:59:59, your
first few SETVAR statements might get "today's" date, but then the next few
could get "tomorrow's" time.
Instead, you could actually gather all this information in a single call:
:setvar time_stamp hpyyyymmdd + hphhmmssmmm
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