Jeff,

Here is one I use. It's not MPEX just plain old MPE/iX, hope that's OK.

!JOB OR11STRM,OR.NA;OUTCLASS=LP,1,1
!
!Comment   Stop if another job running
!
!Continue
!Tell Or11Strm,Or.Na
!IF CIERROR = 1627 THEN
!   TELLOP   Another OR11STRM job running, this one ended.
!   SET STDLIST=DELETE
!   EOJ
!ENDIF
!

John Zoltak
North American Mfg Co
Cleveland Ohio

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jeff Keepers [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Monday, August 09, 1999 10:44 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: [HP3000-L] Using MPEX to check job status
>
>
> All MPEX guru's hear my plea:
>
> I am writing pre-process MPEX commands for a job that will
> run in batch.
> The job can be run multiple times by the end user but two
> requests can't
> run at the same time.  I was looking for a MPEX
> command/variable that would
> let me look and see if the job is currently running.  There
> is the SHOWJOB
> command, but it doesn't return a variable that I can check.
> I can write
> code that will set my own flags, but I thought there was a
> way to do this
> using MPEX commands.  Any assistance would be most appreciated.
>
> Please send replies directly to me since I only receive a
> digest from the
> list.
>
> Sincerely,
> Jeff Keepers
> 3M Valley, NE
>