On Mon, 29 Jan 1996, Mark Ranft wrote: > Since upgrading to MPE/iX (from 'Classic' systems about > five years ago), I have had sporadic complaints about > jobs aborting because files that have just > been created are non-existant when opened by the next > process. We have worked around this problem by > inserting :PAUSEs between the file creation and its > subsequent use. > > A programmer just stopped by my office with this > senario. > > ! copy filea,fileb > ! > !pause 30 > ! suprtool > i filec > o fileb,erase > x > exit > ! > > Upon executing, SUPRTOOL complained about the > non-existance of fileb. > > The programmer is increasing the PAUSE to 120 seconds as > a work a round. > > Has anyone else experienced this? It really bugs me! > > TIA, > > Mark Ranft > General Mills Inc. > [log in to unmask] > I recall something very similar to this occurring on our machine (980/100). I don't remember what we did about it (sorry), but it seems to have gone away, for the most part. Whether this is the result of a fix to the OS, a fix to the application, or just the fact that less people are using the system (layoffs, you know), I don't know. Hope it helps to know you're not the only one (sorry I wasn't of any other help!) Don Harrington Boeing Commercial Airplane Group (206) 931-4457 voice P. O. Box 3707 M/S 5J-34 (206) 931-9085 FAX Seattle, WA 98124-2207 [log in to unmask] These thoughts are owned by the person expressing them, and no one else!