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Subject: VMS C SYS$OUTPUT resolved
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Date: Tue, 15-Sep-87 11:16:00 EDT
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Thanks to those of you who responded to my VMS C SYS$OUTPUT query.
Due to the possible 'added complexity' of modifying my source via some of
the suggestions, I think that assigning SYS$OUTPUT and SYS$ERROR through
$RUN/DETACH is the quickest and best solution. Thanks for the help.

I am writing "yet another" Idle Job Killer (that runs detached -- of course)
and I am tired of seeing SYS$OUTPUT. and SYS$ERROR. "locked by another user"
messages on our console when he Operators do daily backups...

BTW, Why write another Idle Job Killer? (Why climb a mountain?)
Because it is a crazy thing to do. This Job Killer only kills interactive jobs
where all subprocesses are inactive.