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macro command to check the opcoms and retained on error, that running every 5 mins

Masterouch — Tue, 25 Sep 2018 12:25:24 GMT

Hi All,

May I ask if there's a macro command to check the opcoms and retained on error, that running every 5 mins? thanks.

Re: macro command to check the opcoms and retained on error, that running every 5 mins

Steven Schweda — Tue, 25 Sep 2018 13:55:04 GMT

> May I ask if there's a macro command to check the opcoms and retained
> on error, that running every 5 mins? [...]

   "a macro command"? "the opcoms"? A queued job can be "retained on
error". Is that what you're looking for?

      HELP SHOW QUEUE /BY_JOB_STATUS

      HELP LEXICALS F$GETQUI

   "running every 5 mins" can be done by a batch job which resubmits
itself.

Re: macro command to check the opcoms and retained on error, that running every 5 mins

Masterouch — Wed, 26 Sep 2018 07:08:51 GMT

how about this command to be run every 5 mins.

set ter/bro
sh bro
rep/st
sh que/bat/all/by=r/a
sh ti

Re: macro command to check the opcoms and retained on error, that running every 5 mins

Steven Schweda — Wed, 26 Sep 2018 18:37:37 GMT

> set ter/bro
> sh bro
> rep/st

   I doubt that these would work (or make sense?) in a batch job, where
SYS$COMMAND points to a disk, rather than to a controlling terminal
(which a batch job lacks).

> sh que/bat/all/by=r/a
> sh ti

   Those should work in a batch job. Your DCL script might end with
code like the following:

$ cpr = f$environment( "PROCEDURE")
$ cpr = f$parse( cpr, , , "DEVICE")+ -
        f$parse( cpr, , , "DIRECTORY")+ -
        f$parse( cpr, , , "NAME")+ -
        f$parse( cpr, , , "TYPE")
$!
$ submit /noprinter /after = "+00:05:00" 'cpr'

   General advice: If I were writing a DCL script, I'd spell out the
keywords instead of trying to find their minimal abbreviations. For
example, ten minutes after writing "/by=r/a", I would have forgotten
what it meant. "/BY_JOB_STATUS = ABORTING" would retain its meaning (to
me) much longer.

Re: macro command to check the opcoms and retained on error, that running every 5 mins

Masterouch — Fri, 28 Sep 2018 08:12:57 GMT

Hi Steven, thanks for your response I am just new to this environment and I want to enhance my ability in openVMS

some of the commands are addons for me to be able to have a full details/logs when i get back to check.

set ter/bro | set terminal/broadcast to enable opcoms messages

sh bro | show broadcast for identification if its enable
rep/st | reply/status for
sh que/bat/all/by=r/a /full | show queue/batch/all/by=retained/all /full this will have a visibilities to received retained on error in the nodes
sh ti | show time for me is to identify when I run those command

I am trying to figure out on how I will able to run the command by itself running in 5 mins automatically. Can it be possible?

Re: macro command to check the opcoms and retained on error, that running every 5 mins

Steven Schweda — Fri, 28 Sep 2018 21:12:28 GMT

> [...] I am trying to figure out on how I will able to run the command
> by itself running in 5 mins automatically. Can it be possible?

   The usual way to run commands periodically is a self-resubmitting
batch job, but commands like "set terminal", which expect to deal with
some kind of terminal, won't work in a batch environment, where there is
no terminal.

   If you want to create a terminal (or dedicate some existing terminal)
to this job, then you should be able to do whatever you want in a DCL
script with a loop (GOTO) and a delay (WAIT).

   I can understand why something like "SHOW QUEUE [...]" might be
interesting, but I don't understand what useful information you expect
to get from something like "REPLY /STATUS". Who (or what?) will be
looking at the output from these commands? And then what happens?

   Is there some actual problem which you are trying to solve?

Re: macro command to check the opcoms and retained on error, that running every 5 mins

Masterouch — Tue, 02 Oct 2018 10:21:35 GMT

my apologies to confuse you about rep/stat it is a reply and status for the following retained of errors on the batch jobs.

The usual way to run commands periodically is a self-resubmitting
batch job, but commands like "set terminal", which expect to deal with
some kind of terminal, won't work in a batch environment, where there is
no terminal. <<its set term by the way, not terminal>>

Re: macro command to check the opcoms and retained on error, that running every 5 mins

Steven Schweda — Tue, 02 Oct 2018 14:10:24 GMT

> my apologies to confuse you about rep/stat it is a reply and status
> for the following retained of errors on the batch jobs.

   It is?

      help reply /status

If I wanted information on batch jobs, then I might stick with SHOW
QUEUE.

> [...] <<its set term by the way, not terminal>>

     help set term

> Is there some actual problem which you are trying to solve?

   Still a mystery.