Control flow from one STEP to another

[pkaushi]

Hi,

I have a query...

Think of a cobol program which generates output file say file A. Now the jcl has two steps say STEP1 and STEP2. STEP1 executes the COBOL program.

Now whenever the program Writes some records into fileA only then step2 should execute and if nothing is written to the output file (Think of ity as a dummy O/P) being created then program should terminate.

How do I handle the above case in a JCL.....
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Prashant

[prasad]

Hi pkaushi,

Use RETURN-CODE in cobol program. At end of the program,
if no record written to output file, move 7 to RETURN-CODE.
You can move any number to RETURN-CODE.

[pkaushi]

thanks prasad its working
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Thanks and Regards,
Prashant

[Guest]

HI,

Adding to Prasad's Answer you can alsoe use following code to check file is empy or not

[Anuj Dhawan]

Hi,

I had been using the second option over the years, IF THEN ELSE constuct are better than COND.
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Anuj


//MYWALLET EXEC PGM=SPOUSE
//SYSIN DD DSN=MYWALLET.ALL,DISP=SHR
//SYSOUT DD DUMMY