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How to identify in JCL that an input file is empty without
reading it?
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Answer Posted / mainframeking
Usinf IDCAMS we can check:
//step01 dd exec pgm=idcams
//sysprint dd sysout=*
//input dd dsn=file name to check, disp=shr
//sysin dd *
print infile(input)character count(1)
if return code is 0, file is not empty
if return code is 4, file is empty
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