without performing any operations on a file how can i know
whether it contains data or not

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without performing any operations on a file how can i know whether it contains data or not..

Answer / sharpmainframe

QUASI RE ENTRANCY: IN MAINFRAME MORE THAN ONE TASK ACCESS
SAME PROGRAM BUT ONE TASK IS NOT DISTRUB TO OTHER IS CALLED
RE-ENTRANCY IN CICS WE CALLED IS QUASI REENTRANCY.

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without performing any operations on a file how can i know whether it contains data or not..

Answer / sravani

through file status we can know this. read is not possible for empty files

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