Thanks Chuckie.  I work with Jim and already know I need to watch my back.

Actually I've never done this. We did have a Systems Programmer In Training (Jim loves the acronym) some years back (and in Jim's defense I have to say this was before Jim joined us) who did it three times over the course of about a month. The head systems programmer at the time made her a button to wear with one word on it in black capital letters (SHUTDOWN), with a red circle around it and a red diagonal line through it. :-)

Mark Bodenstein  ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Cornell University

At 12:50 PM 11/6/2007, Alan Altmark wrote:
On Tuesday, 11/06/2007 at 12:25 EST, Kris Buelens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> > Over the course of 30 years as a VM sysprog, every VM sysprog who I
have
> > worked with has shutdown a VM system *ONCE.*  Me too :-[
>
> Every sysprog?

No, not *every* sysprog, just the ones Jim has worked with.  Verrrrrry
interesting.  One might suspect (if one were of a suspicious mind) that
Jim also has his Initiates issue the "LOGO" command, too, just for fun.

So a word to the wise:  If you find yourself working with Jim, watch your
back!  He's gonna try to get you to issue SHUTDOWN at the wrong place!

-- Chuckie.

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