Batch_loginout - Batch job console logger.

John Wolnisty
A-Z Tech Pty. Ltd.
Brisbane, QLD

This is not a fancy program, but fills a need.  In a commercial DP shop,
often the case is terminal users during the daytime, and batch update,
reporting, etc. overnight.  These batch jobs are canned DCL procedures
which run reports, etc.  There is a need to check whether these jobs have run,
and if so, were they succesful. One could look at all the logs, but it
would be easier to just read the console hard copy.  This particular
site was a long time RSTS/E user (and ardent fan I must admit!). RSTS/E
(pre version 9.0) used to log all batch job starts and ends on the console.
With version 9 and later, a couple of COM file were called from DCL to do
the same.  Under VMS, broadcasting to the console requires OPER priv, and
most batch jobs run in non-privileged accounts.  The program BATCH_LOGINOUT
is a short macro program to get information about the running batch job
and broadcast it to the console. The image is installed with OPER and WORLD
privileges enbleing to be run by any user.  A command line is inserted
at the start and end of batch jobs. A general example is:

	$ BATCH_LOGINOUT
	   < contents of batch here >
	$ BATCH_LOGINOUT LOGOUT