I guess you could do that, assign the initiator TCB to the ENQ, but what 
happens if the job abends before the step you do the DEQ in?

I think this will work - If the purpose is to prevent two similar processes, 
then why not use a common data set and allocate it as DISP=(OLD,PASS).  That 
way the ENQ on the data set will last for the duration of the job, and if it 
dies early the ENQ automatically goes away.

Chris Blaicher
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From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf 
Of Steff Gladstone
Sent: Monday, April 20, 2015 10:13 AM
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Subject: ENQ for the life of the job

How do I use the ISGENQ macro in such a way that the ENQ lasts for the life of 
the entire job (or several job steps) and not just for the life of a single 
job-step?  Would specifying the TCB address of the initiator TCB on the TCB 
parameter work?  Any better ideas?

Thanks,
Steff Gladstone

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