Re: halt a COBOL program while executing

From: William M. Klein (wmklein_at_nospam.netcom.com)
Date: 09/14/04 

Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2004 21:40:51 GMT

See recent thread on "sleep".

The bottom-line is that

Yes, there are ways to do this

   BUT

we need to know which compiler (vendor and release) and what operating system
you are running on to answer the question of HOW to do it. 

-- 
Bill Klein
 wmklein <at> ix.netcom.com
"neerajpeddu" <member@mainframeforum.com> wrote in message 
news:1095192995.VTQVOLrNg25JumpqrRu95g@onlynews...
> Hi there,
>
> I want to halt my program while it is executing for just a minute or
> two.
>
> Is there any way I can make it happen in the COBOL code?
>
> Please let me know if there is a way.
>
> Is WAIT reserved word any good?
>
>
>
> --
> posted via MFF :  http://www.MainFrameForum.com - USENET Gateway

Relevant Pages

  • Re: Problem with a linked list
    ... If a language vendor is not getting feedback about C, but is about C++, ... spending effort, going forward, on the older C compiler outside of ... rushing to support the "C99" standard. ...
    (comp.lang.c)
  • Re: Conversion from MF Cobol to.....
    ... tell the vendor you aren't going to play unless they run your 4 programs ... against their compiler and return to you the compile results. ... must pay each year or the system will stop working. ... undocumented and changing proprietry formats that are locked into one ...
    (comp.lang.cobol)
  • Re: Fortran 77 parser
    ... that no other vendor supported. ... compilers and Cray hardware. ... And instead of supporting the BLAS at the compiler level (which I ...
    (comp.lang.fortran)
  • Re: Standard way to implement ASCII control chars
    ... As far as collating issues go, I think that all ... Standard has no "cumulative" REPLACE function ... Depending on your "contract" with the vendor you might ... ask them to provide you with ANY compiler output (almost any '85 Standard ...
    (comp.lang.cobol)
  • Re: KEil bought by ARM
    ... constantly updating your GCC compiler without serious retesting I'd really ... So you expect the vendor to constantly follow the whims of the PC market ... maker of your car to upgrade it free of charge for you when YOU decide to ... Wouldn't it be great if we didn't need copy protection. ...
    (comp.arch.embedded)