How to find whether a Flat file is empty or not without
Reading a file in COBOL Program. (not using JCL)
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Answer Posted / vinodh
Goto ISPF 3.4, give the dataset name hit enter.
Press F11 until you see '%used', if its zero then the file
is empty. This will be useful if you want to validate many
GDG's for emptiness.
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