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So I have a CL called interactively that submits three other cl's, one after the other - process 1, process 2, process 3. Process 2 has a DLYJOB of 10 minutes. Process 3 has a DLYJOB of 20 minutes. After calling the initial CL, I see that the process 3 is running, and 1 & 2 are waiting for it. Why, oh why, would that be? Why isn't process 1 running, with 2 & 3 waiting dutifully for it to finish?
ok, lets cover the basics: you did specify the delay job delay for 1200 seconds? If these jobs are to run consecutively, then personally I would place them in a queue that only allows 1 job at a time entry to the subsystem, that way job 2 cannot start until job 1 clears the subsystem. If they can run consecutively, but job 1 needs to complete some stuff before job 2 can begin processing, you could attach a data queue, which job2 can monitor for a "go" signal from job1, and similar for job3. All 3 jobs can then be active with 2 initially waiting for required processing by others to be completed.
I don't like the design. If you want them to run in the correct order, submit them to a single threaded JOBQ or when JOB1 is finishing, have it submit JOB2 and so on. Or wrap the 3 processes in a single CL wrapper program (CALL/CALL/CALL) and submit that CL pgm.
Chris Ringer