Is there any rexx program that cont

[os390]

Is there any rexx program that continuously polls -for example-
Q class in the sdsf output for an ongoing job, and triggers
another job to be submitted when it finds a job in that specific class of output?

 

[rexxhead]

No.

You can, however, tie up your TSO session by continuously checking (probably via STATUS) the condition of some JOB until it's finished.

Easier, if you plan ahead, is to have the job-in-question send a message to a VM disconnected service machine which is prepared to react to that message. A DSC on VM is the nearest thing an application programmer will get to having his own started task (which is what the original question asks for).

There are packages (CA-7 for example) which do this function on MVS.

 

[bitz2000]

This can easily be done if you are using Netview on your OS/390 system by using MAT entries and timers. Let me know if you do use Netview and I'll give you more info.