You should use RTVAPYSTS to determine your backlogs, and RTVDGSTS to
determine if the data group is running

"tomasz" wrote in message
news:fu9jbi$clm$1@atlantis.news.neostrada.pl...
> Hi.
>
> I was thinking about RTVDGSTS command but all I need is to get vaule
> of 'unprocessed entry count' of one of my DG.
>
> I didn't find it in any of RTVDGSTS variables but WRKDG to *outfile
> gives me that value.
>
> That's why I decided to use WRKDG and then RCVF to check if value I
> need to monitor is 0 or something else.
>
> Perhaps you know which variable in RTV... gives me what I need.
>
> I's working fine now with WRKDG.
>
> Tomasz
>
>
>
> Tim M pisze:
>> You are correct i didn't notice the the DLTF was included in the
>> loop.
>>
>> Which makes the whole discussion moot. This program design is
>> inherently bad. The OP should use Mimix's RTVDGSTS command instead.
>>
>> "walker.l2" wrote in message
>> news:59e07fc1-068a-4ea9-b633-cea6ee29dc7d@s50g2000hsb.googlegroups.com...
>>> That won't solve the OP's problem. The lock is not caused by MIMIX,
>>> but by his own CL program. You can't code DCLF .. RCVF ... DLTF in
>>> the
>>> same CL program (DLTF fails because RCVF leaves the file open).
>>