Empty file issue with CONTROL-M

zh_lad · Active User Joined: 06 Jun 2009 Posts: 115 Location: UK

Hi,
When the file is empty we have no zero RC and as result job end with non zero CC (3 or 4).
We us Control-M, is there any why we can specify that CC=4 is successful run of the job, rather holding the batch cycle.

Many thanks

expat · Posted: Tue Jul 20, 2010 12:39 pm

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What does it say in the manuals about this. You, as a BMC customer will have the manuals.

Have you considered resetting the RC to zero if the file is empty.

bipinpeter · Posted: Tue Jul 20, 2010 12:55 pm

Hi,
At the time of job scheduling, we can specify the normal return codes for the each steps.

zh_lad · Active User Joined: 06 Jun 2009 Posts: 115 Location: UK

Thanks for replying. I opened dead thread because my query was continuation of existing topic.
I can not reset RC to 0 because I am executing following steps bases on RC.
Three steps:
1. Icetool - empty file check and reset rc4
2. If step.rc = 0, execute step 2 Pgm=COBOL program
3 else run step3 executing Sort

Whenever file is empty jobs ends with CC=4. As a result Controll-M treats it as Not Ok job and hold the batch cycle.
Can we do something in jcl to alter final CC or tweak job's setting in CM to treat 4 as successful?

bipinpeter · Posted: Tue Jul 20, 2010 1:03 pm

Hi zh_lad,
In the control-M job scheduling itself you can set RC=4 as normal ending code.

expat · Posted: Tue Jul 20, 2010 1:10 pm

gcicchet · Posted: Wed Jul 21, 2010 7:02 am

Hi,

in your job definition, you can specify this