without performing any operations on a file how can i know
whether it contains data or not
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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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Answer / sravani
through file status we can know this. read is not possible for empty files
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