On Mon, 23 Dec 2013 15:13:41 -0800, Ed Jaffe wrote:
>On 12/23/2013 2:39 PM, Gibney, Dave wrote:
>> I have been using //SLEEP EXEC PGM=BPXBATCH,PARM='SH sleep &SECONDSs' as a
>> delay step in some of my STCs to wait for things like TCPIP to get up first.
>> I know there are other options.
>> It appears with my new z/OS 1.13 system, that prior to OMVS being up and
>> functioning, this sleep command just returns with RC=0
>>
>> Is this expected behavior?
>
>I suggest asking this on the MVS-OE list, which is frequented by Bill
>Schoen and others who can be considered authoritative on such matters.
>
+1
I'll suggest also trying PGM rather than SH. PGM might depend on less
framework being in place than SH.
On Mon, 23 Dec 2013 17:45:49 -0500, Scott Ford wrote:
>
>How can you execute a USS command without it being up ? If you need to sleep
>you could use rexx if you had to ,,,I looked at the manual the sleep cmd
>hasn't apparently changed
Does Rexx have a SLEEP instruction? I didn't know that. And I find none
in:
Title: z/OS V1R13.0 TSO/E REXX Reference
Document Number: SA22-7790-10
But, in Rexx, "address SYSCALL "sleep nn'" might be an even leaner interface.
-- gil
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