On Wed, 3 May 2017 00:05:31 +0200, R.S. <[email protected]> wrote:
>The topic was discussed recently, but I haven't found in the listserv >archives an answer to the following question: > >Let's assume >TIME in JOBCLASS definition is 60 >TIME in JOB statement is 90 >TIME in EXEC statement is 80 >(single step job) > >What is effective time limit for the step? >My understanding: STEP statement overrides jobclass definition, JOB >definition is ignored in that case. >So, the answer is 80. > >Am I right? > Yes, you are correct. Unlike most JCL keywords, the STEP value is not an override for the JOB value. The 90 seconds for the JOB is cumulative for the entire time - but the step limit is 80. Regards, Mark -- Mark Zelden - Zelden Consulting Services - z/OS, OS/390 and MVS ITIL v3 Foundation Certified mailto:[email protected] Mark's MVS Utilities: http://www.mzelden.com/mvsutil.html Systems Programming expert at http://search390.techtarget.com/ateExperts/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
