[Info-vax] %DCL-W-IVDTIME and the DCL WAIT command

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In article <SQRWG17NvOvD at eisner.encompasserve.org>, cornelius at eisner.decus.org (George Cornelius) writes:
>Let's say I have a job to grab a failing tape drive and hold
>it for an extended period so our backup function (SLS) does
>not try to use it.
>
>I get this result when I try to wait for a day and a half:
>
> $ wait 1 12:0:0
> %DCL-W-IVDTIME, invalid delta time - use DDDD-HH:MM:SS.CC format
>  \0  1 12:0:0\

You can WAIT with absolute time.  In this case, use:

$ WAIT 'F$cvtime("+1-12::","ABSOLUTE")

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