Hi Larry,
If you are going to use this technique, which I am personally
not very fond of,  you should not bother with the FINFO.
It is superfluous.

Instead, you should,
:ERRCLEAR
:BUILD JOBFILE.GROUP.ACCOUNT;DISC=1
:IF HPCIERR <> 0
:    { try again later }
:    EXIT
:ENDIF
or
:ERRCLEAR
:BUILD JOBFILE.GROUP.ACCOUNT;DISC=1
:WHILE HPCIERR <> 0
:    ERRCLEAR
:    PAUSE 1
:    BUILD JOBFILE.GROUP.ACCOUNT;DISC=1
:    EXIT
:ENDIF


This is because a second job can get in *after* the FINFO and
build the file before the first job can build it, in which case you
have to test the success of the build command anyway.
Unlikely as it seems, it happens.

Cheers,
Tad.



-----Original Message-----
From: Larry Barnes <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Date: 09 August 1999 23:10
Subject: Re: Using MPEX to check job status


>Since there are as many was to solve this challenge as there are creative
>thinkers, I will add my .02 worth.
>
>At the beginning of the job you could build a file;
>
>:IF FINFO('JOBFILE.GROUP.ACCOUNT',"exists")
>: TELL !HPJOBNAME,!HPUSER.!HPACCOUNT  You can't execute this job now.
>: TELL !HPJOBNAME,!HPUSER.!HPACCOUNT  It is already executing.
>: TELL !HPJOBNAME,!HPUSER.!HPACCOUNT  Try again later
>: EOJ
>:ELSE
>: BUILD JOBFILE.GROUP.ACCOUNT;DISC=1
>:ENDIF
>
>The last step in the jobstream would be to delete the file created at the
>beginning.
>
>This serves a two fold purpose.
>1. It keeps multiple copies of this job from running together.
>2. If the job aborts it keeps this job from running until the file is
manually
>purge (assuming the error has been investigated)
>
>You can also make the IF statement more elaborate, depending on your needs.
>
>I hope my two cents helps.
>
>L. A. Barnes
>