How to test thru JCL if any file(PS or VSAM) is empty or
not. I do not want to use any COBOL prog or Ezytrieve and
want to do using utility.
Answer Posted / ekluba
With proper Syntax answer #5 is correct:
//SYSPRINT DD SYSOUT=*
//DD1 DD DSN=???.EMPTY,DISP=SHR
//SYSIN DD *
PRINT INFILE(DD1) COUNT(1)
/*
| Is This Answer Correct ? | 9 Yes | 2 No |
Post New Answer View All Answers
What is timing concept in mainframe?
What statement marks the beginning of a job step; assigns a name to the step; identifies the program or catalogued or in-stream procedure to be executed in the step?
What is the difference between the positional and keyword parameters? Give examples.
what is DD statement is used in JCL?
What are steplib and joblib?
Immediate Job opening for mainframe professionals in Keane Bangalore. Please find the below details: Organization: Keane India Location: Bangalore Skill: COBOL, JCL,VSAM,DB2,CICS,IMS,REXX,CLIST Exp: 1 to 4 years only Employment Type: Permenant Employee Note: If you have attended keane interview in past 6 months please ignore this job opening. Please respond to email id keanemfjob@gmail.com OR keanemfjob@yahoo.in with your latest resume and following details, We will contact you within 24 hours: Total IT Exp: Exp in Mainframe: Current CTC: Expected CTC: Notice Period:
Many jcl statements contain specific values designed to direct and control the execution of the statement. What are these fields called?
a set statement is used to define commonly used symbolic across job steps or procedures. It initializes the previous values in the symbolic names. It has to be defined before the first use of the symbolic names in the jcl. State whether true or false?
Explain dfsort utility?
what EXEC statement is and what is the syntax of EXEC statement used in JCL?
if we want to use a gdg which is already created by some job, then how to use the reference of the last generation in a jcl?
what is the use of IEBGENER utility?
What dd statement is used to supply the name of a dataset?
I have a cobol db2 program(PGM A) where other program (PGM B) will call this program and passes some 50 fields data to PGM A. PGM A has some layout in which it receives the data from PGM B. And this layout has been copied in the linkage section pf PGM A. After getting the data, PGM A writes the data in a flat file in the same layout which it receives from PGM B. PGM B is a simple COBOL pgm. Please provide a JCL to run these programs.
Explain the function of the dd dcb keyword?