On Wed, 28 Sep 2005 07:26:50 -0600 Paul Gilmartin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
:>In a recent note, WA Stout said: :>> Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2005 09:16:19 -0400 :>> Is there a callable routine under z/OS that can perform some type of wait :>> based on a supplied time period (for example, wait fifteen seconds or 1 CPU :>> second)? This would like to be called from Cobol. Any help would be :>> appreciated. Thanks! :>Don't know about COBOL. In assembler, there's BPX1SLP; in C, sleep(); :>in Rexx, "address SYSCALL sleep"; etc. :>In principle, waiting for 1 CPU second could take a l-o-n-g elapsed :>external time. I don't believe that there is an MVS service to wait for 1 cpu second. There is a service to allow notification after a task uses one CPU second, but, if you wait on that ECB you are unlikely to ever wake up unless you have IRB's scheduled. -- Binyamin Dissen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.dissensoftware.com Director, Dissen Software, Bar & Grill - Israel Should you use the mailblocks package and expect a response from me, you should preauthorize the dissensoftware.com domain. I very rarely bother responding to challenge/response systems, especially those from irresponsible companies. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
