PFSKIPLOCKED variable

[Bruce Easton]

Don Coleman wrote Friday, April 27, 2007 11:16 AM:
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> I have a *report function which updates imported records every 5 minutes.
> There should be no harm in having it periodically skip a locked record
> because it will run again shortly.
> The manual seems to indicate the following syntax:
> 
> Putenv "PFSKIPLOCKED","5" 
> To skip if locked after 5 seconds.
> 
> However it is not skipping those records after 5 seconds.  
[..]

Don - sounds like you might be setting the env var inside the 
program where it needs to be seen.  If this is true, try setting 
PFSKIPLOCKED prior to calling your report request - in the shell/prog 
that calls rreport (and exporting it, if necessary).

Bruce

Bruce Easton
STN, Inc.