Use Soft-Coded Library Lists When Submitting Scheduled Jobs

Hey, Ted:

Rather than hard-coding library lists in job descriptions, we store them in a file. We have programs that read the file and set a job's library list appropriately. This presents a problem when we schedule jobs with the Add Job Schedule Entry (ADDJOBSCDE) command. Is it possible to make a scheduled job call a program to set the library list before running the scheduled task?

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Fixing Damaged Data Queues

Hey, David:

Is there any way to fix a damaged data queue? Or is there a command to retrieve a data queue's attributes? Our UPS failed in the middle of the day and quite a few data queues were damaged. I ended up restoring them from an offsite backup. They seem to be okay now, but the delay was frustrating.

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Reader Feedback and Insights: COBOL Help Wanted

Hey, Ted:

I look forward to receiving the Midrange Guru newsletter. We are a COBOL shop. My associates and I would greatly appreciate seeing tips and information on subfiles in COBOL. All of the information in the newsletter pertains to RPG.

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