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Wondering how to check to see if a Job is active? This utility program checks to see if a Job is active and returns 'y/n' flag.
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'y/n' flag.
*---------------------------------------------------------------------
* Program: CHKACTJOB
*---------------------------------------------------------------------
* Programmer: Richard Cranston
* Description: Calling program passes the JobName and ActiveJobFlag
* If JobName is active, ActiveJobFlag = 'Y'
*---------------------------------------------------------------------
*---------------------------------------------------------------------
* Stand alone Fields & Data Structures
*---------------------------------------------------------------------
D JobNameEntry S 10
D JobRunning S 1
D StringPos S 10I 0 Inz
D StrLength S 10I 0 Inz
D SizOfSpace S 10I 0 Inz(1024)
D UserSpace DS Inz
D SpaceName 10 Inz('JOBSPACE')
D SpaceLib 10 Inz('QTEMP')
D QualJobNam DS Inz
D JobName 10
D UserName 10
D JobNumber 6
D Error DS Inz
D BytesProv 10I 0
D BytesAvail 10I 0
D MessageID 7
D NotUsed 1
D MsgData 100
* Create User Space Parms
D ExtAtr S 10 Inz('TEMPSPACE')
D InitialVal S 1 Inz
D Authority S 10 Inz('*ALL')
D TextSpace S 50 Inz
D ReplaceSpc S 10 Inz('*YES')
* List Jobs API Parms
D ListFmtNam S 8 Inz('JOBL0100')
D JobStatus S 10 Inz('*ALL')
* List Job Information API Parms
D RecVar DS Inz
D BytesRet 10I 0
D BytesAval 10I 0
D JobNam 10
D UserNam 10
D JobNum 6
D IntJobID 16
D JobSts 10
D Jobtype 1
D Jobsubtyp 1
D Reserved 2
D EndSev 10I 0
D LogSev 10I 0
D LogLvl 1
D LogTxt 10
* User Space Generic Header Definition
D GenericStc DS Inz
D UserArea 64
D SizGeneric 10I 0
D RlsLevel 4
D FormatName 8
D APIused 10
D DateTime 13
D InfoStatus 1
D SizUsrSpac 10I 0
D InpOffset 10I 0
D InpSize 10I 0
D HdrOffset 10I 0
D HdrSize 10I 0
D LstOffset 10I 0
D LstSize 10I 0
D NumLstEnt 10I 0
D SizeLstEnt 10I 0
D temp1 10I 0
D temp2 2
D temp3 3
D temp4 1
D temp5 42
D temp6 256
D temp7 128
* List Data Section of Jobs API User Space
D ListData DS Inz
D Job 10
D User 10
D Number 6
D InternalID 16
D Status 10
*---------------------------------------------------------------------
* Entry Parameters
*---------------------------------------------------------------------
C *Entry PList
C Parm JobNameEntry
C Parm JobRunning JobRunning
*---------------------------------------------------------------------
* Main Routine
*---------------------------------------------------------------------
C Eval JobName = JobNameEntry
C Eval UserName = '*ALL'
C Eval JobNumber = '*ALL'
* Create User Space API
C Call 'QUSCRTUS'
C Parm UserSpace
C Parm ExtAtr
C Parm SizOfSpace
C Parm InitialVal
C Parm Authority
C Parm TextSpace
* List Jobs API
C Call 'QUSLJOB'
C Parm UserSpace
C Parm ListFmtNam
C Parm QualJobNam
C Parm JobStatus
* Retrieve Generic Header Section of the User Space
C Eval StrLength = %len(GenericStc)
C Call 'QUSRTVUS'
C Parm UserSpace
C Parm 1 StringPos
C Parm StrLength
C Parm GenericStc
* Retrieve ListData Section
C Eval StrLength = SizeLstEnt Size each List Entry
C Eval StringPos = LstOffset + 1 + Last Record
C (StrLength * (NumLstEnt - 1))
C Call 'QUSRTVUS'
C Parm UserSpace
C Parm StringPos
C Parm StrLength
C Parm ListData Last job information
* Set ActiveJobFlag
C If Status = '*ACTIVE'
C Eval JobRunning = 'Y'
C Else
C Eval JobRunning = 'N'
C EndIF
* Delete UserSpace
C Call 'QUSDLTUS'
C Parm UserSpace
C Parm Error
C Eval *inlr = *On
Example of Calling Program:
DCL VAR(&SYSJOB) TYPE(*CHAR) LEN(10) +
VALUE('SAVACT')
DCL VAR(&ACTFLG) TYPE(*CHAR) LEN(1) VALUE('N')
CALL PGM(CHKACTJOB) PARM(&SYSJOB &ACTFLG)
IF COND(&ACTFLG *EQ 'N') THEN(CALL PGM(SOMEPGM))
