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- Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 13:12:08 CST
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- From: David E Boyes <dboyes@IS.RICE.EDU>
- Subject: Re: Routine to return jobname
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- In-Reply-To: <9301111758.AA23092@is.rice.edu>; from "Larry Holder" at Jan 11,
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- > > Question: Does anyone have an assembly routine callable from COBOL that
- > > will return the jobnumber,jobname, and stepname of the job
- > > while it is executing? Is there an easier way to obtain this
- > > information? Thanks in advance!
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- I remember seeing an article in Technical Support last year on
- doing things like this directly in COBOL II. The author of the
- article was seriously maintaining that this was a Good Thing.
-
- Check the back issues if you still have them; I'll see if I can
- dig it up.
-