PowerHouse Migration Questions -- Batch jobs on unix

[Jeff Hoffman]

Hi

You can still keep it in 1 shell script file eg

   echo acc filexyz                         > $HOME/parms.inp
   echo set rep lim ?enter report limit?    >> $HOME/parms.inp
   echo set rep dev printer                 >> $HOME/parms.inp
   echo go                                  >> $HOME/parms.inp
   echo exit                                >> $HOME/parms.inp
   echo $SUBJ                               >> $HOME/parms.inp
   echo $CRS
                               >> $HOME/parms.inp
   echo ""
                  >> $HOME/parms.inp
   echo quiz dict=$MENUDIR/$MENUDIC
nolist < $HOME/parms.inp >> $HOME/$WWWNAM.dat

good luck, it might take a bit to get used to the environment, but it is
well worth it.

Jeff


At 08:51 AM 19-01-05 -0700, you wrote:
>Howdy List-ers!
>
>We are in the <sarcasm> wonderful, glorious, breathtaking </sarcasm> 
>process of migrating from MPE to unix. One thing (of many) that is 
>raising some questions is how best to handle PowerHouse in batch on unix 
>(HP-UX specifically). Does anyone have some 'best practice' tips?  A 
>couple of the most pressing issues are 'inline' code and prompting.
>
>By inline code, I mean something like this:
>    !quiz dict=xyqdb.prod.acct
>    acc filexyz
>    set rep lim 42
>    set rep dev printer
>    go
>    exit
>    !eoj
>
>I know this gives unix fits, because of the way it handles stdin.  My 
>understanding of the best way to handle the above would be to break the 
>quiz code out into another file, then do a quiz auto=yadayada...  My 
>question is "is that _really_ the best way, or am I overlooking 
>something?"  I know this is a long shot, but does anyone have a script 
>(MPE, mpex, qedit, sh, or Perl) that will parse a job and attempt to 
>break it into separate files in preparation for changing the jobs to use 
>the auto= notation?
>
>By prompting, I mean this:  we use streamx to prompt for user input at 
>job submission time.  The above quiz could look like this:
>!quiz dict=xyqdb.prod.acct
>acc filexyz
>set rep lim ?enter report limit?
>set rep dev printer
>go
>exit
>!eoj
>
>We also do more complex prompting, where we substitute the variables in 
>via the {} notation in streamx, but the concept is similar.  Can 
>PowerHouse even prompt in batch on unix?  Would it be better to re-code 
>the jobs to use system variables?  Can items like the report limit above 
>even be defined that way?
>
>I'd also be curious to find out which batch job 'handlers' are being 
>used by other PowerHouse shops, and which, if any, are 'better' than 
>others.  (Price is a consideration, but not the only consideration -- 
>some 'extra' money is available, as upper management understands the need.)
>
>So, any takers?
>
>--
>
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