357912 so 5x the 64k limit. * 60 = 2,1474,720 seconds. About 1/1000 of a 2GB limit if .001 second units.
On Thu, May 9, 2024 at 12:48 PM Pommier, Rex <rpomm...@sfgmembers.com> wrote: > > Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: JOB card format > > On Thu, 9 May 2024 10:44:10 -0500, Steve Beaver wrote: > > >TIME=1440 turns off the timing -- This depends on whether there is an > >exit controlling the use of 1440 > > > I wonder why the designers didn't choose 9999, the largest possible 4-digit > value, to mean "forever"? (OTHH, I get cognitive dissonance with products > that use > 0 to mean "unlimited".) > > -- > gil > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Gil et al, > > So how did they come up with this one? From the JCL reference manual: > > minutes > Specifies the maximum number of minutes the step can use the processor. > Minutes must be a number > from 0 through 357912 (248.55 days). > > 357912 minutes? My brain isn't coming up with a logical explanation for that > number. > > Rex > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > The information contained in this message is confidential, protected from > disclosure and may be legally privileged. If the reader of this message is > not the intended recipient or an employee or agent responsible for delivering > this message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any > disclosure, distribution, copying, or any action taken or action omitted in > reliance on it, is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have > received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by > replying to this message and destroy the material in its entirety, whether in > electronic or hard copy format. Thank you. > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN -- Mike A Schwab, Springfield IL USA Where do Forest Rangers go to get away from it all? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
