Comments on: JCL wait command http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/jcl-wait-command/ Sun, 19 May 2013 03:14:28 +0000 hourly 1 By: Featured Member: Sunsetrider - ITKE Community Blog http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/jcl-wait-command/#comment-93699 Featured Member: Sunsetrider - ITKE Community Blog Tue, 28 Jun 2011 06:12:39 +0000 #comment-93699 [...] JCL wait command [...]

]]> By: meandyou http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/jcl-wait-command/#comment-91852 meandyou Thu, 05 May 2011 14:20:06 +0000 #comment-91852 Basing the execution of one job on the completion of another job is best left to scheduling software. Because, maybe, you only want the second job to run if the first job completes with a RC of less than 5 (or some other condition).

Without a job scheduler, you will need manual intervention from operators. Not a good thing. (In the old days, that is how we ran a series of job streams. Operator would get out the Run Book and submit a job. Then based on the return codes would refer to the Run Book to see what job to run next. Not good.)

You might also consider having the first job submit the second job. Using IF/THEN/ELSE in the first job you can decide to submit the second one or not.

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