Hi
If you extend that concept you could have a
generalised job monitoring system:
1) Have a system logon UDC that for batch jobs,
creates a file with the same name as the job ie J#####
2) The last step of the job deletes the file.
3) Have another job that wakes up every so often and
does a health check. It compares the list of J#####
files with the jobs still running. Files without
executing jobs represent jobs that aborted. The
monitoring job can then be as fancy as you like - send
emails, etc.
Regards
John Edwards

--- Larry Barnes <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Noam,
>
> I've used the simple technique of building a dummy
> file at the beginning of a
> job.  If the job finnishes successfully the file is
> then purged.  The next job
> looks for this file, at the beginning, if found the
> job either runs in a loop or
> terminates.
> Hope this helps?
>
> Larry B.
>
> Noam Koren wrote:
>
> > Hello all.
> >
> > I would like to know if there is a way to be
> informed when a Job starts or
> > ends NOT to the console but to another application
> (i.e. a way to ask the OS
> > to invoke something when the job starts or ends).
> >
> > I currently use a command that I insert into the
> Job itselt at the beggining
> > and the end of the job file.
> > But - I have a problem when something in the job
> goes wrong and the Job is
> > Flushed - the last command is not invoked so that
> I dont get a notice.
> >
> > Example:
> > !job jjj,us.ac
> > !jobmsg.bin.acc                      <-- send
> message through tcp/ip
> > !
> > ! other commands
> >
> > oops - ERROR - Job flushed
> > !
> > ! other commands
> > !
> > !jobmsg.bin.acc                      <-- send
> message through tcp/ip actualy
> > !EOJ                                     not
> invoked
> >
> > Is there a solution for this?
> > TIA for any idea.
> >
> > Noam
>
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