DSGetJobInfo for current job always return 0

[cheerfu1]

This will always return 0. Is there anyway to get the correct state of the current job? Thank you in advance

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$INCLUDE DSINCLUDE JOBCONTROL.H

RoutineName = 'isFinished'

Output = 0
SystemReturnCode = 0
JobStatus = DSGetJobInfo(DSJ.ME, DSJ.JOBSTATUS)

Call DSLogInfo(JobStatus, "IsFinished")

ErrorCode = 0      ;* set this to non-zero to stop the stage/job
If JobStatus = 0 or JobStatus = 1 or JobStatus = 2 Then
   ExecName = 'touch ' : InputArg : '.test'
   Call DSExecute('DOS', ExecName, Output, SystemReturnCode)
   ErrorCode = 0
   RETURN
End Else
   Call DSLogInfo(JobStatus, "IsFinished")
   ErrorCode = JobStatus 
   RETURN
End

[ray.wurlod]

Where are you executing this code? If - as seems to be the case - you're executing it from within a routine - even an after-job routine - the status of the job will always - necessarily - be 0 ("running").

You can, in an after-job subroutine, use the "interim status" argument to DSGetJobInfo. Research on-line help for exact details.
Alternately, you must query the job after it finishes completely. This might be via the $JobStatus variable in a job sequence, or in your own routine in which you explicitly attach, interrogate and detach the job in question.