Sure, an easy way to do this is with a temporary file. Here is an example we use for one of our processings !JOBCARD GOES HERE !PURGE SJ809,TEMP !SHOWJOB JOB=B049809,MANAGER.!HPACCOUNT > SJ809 !SETVAR NUMRECS FINFO('SJ809',19) !IF NUMRECS = 6 ! then do something or other. ! IF NUMRECS > 6 ! TELL OPERATOR.FACILITY;**************************************** ! TELL OPERATOR.FACILITY;* * ! TELL OPERATOR.FACILITY;* !HPJOBNAME, ALREADY RUNNING IN * ! TELL OPERATOR.FACILITY;* !HPACCOUNT - IT IS "NOT" NECESSARY * ! TELL OPERATOR.FACILITY;* TO NOTIFY THE ON-CALL * ! TELL OPERATOR.FACILITY;* PROGRAMMER * ! TELL OPERATOR.FACILITY;* * ! TELL OPERATOR.FACILITY;**************************************** ! TELL OPERATOR.FACILITY; ! ENDIF !ENDIF Note that six records in the file indicates that the job is not running, there would be more than 6 if it was. While this approach checks for a single job, it is easy modified to do it for an entire account. Gary L. Paveza, Jr. Technical Support Specialist All opinions are mine and not those of my employer -----Original Message----- From: [log in to unmask] [SMTP:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Tuesday, August 18, 1998 4:09 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Session Checking for a Specific Account My company has a Stream Job on our HP3000 that can only run if all SESSIONS are logged of a specific account. The problem is the only way we know to check to see if there is any sessions logged on is to use the HP variable HPSESCOUNT in a IF test (IF HPSESCOUNT = 0 THEN ...) in a stream job. This works 90% of the time except when a person forgets to log off the console. Does anybody know of a way to check for SESSIONS (Not Jobs) in a specific account tha can be used like the above IF test. Thanks in advance Patrick K. Faloney Systems Analyst STB Systems -----== Posted via Deja News, The Leader in Internet Discussion ==----- http://www.dejanews.com/rg_mkgrp.xp Create Your Own Free Member Forum