JCL to Verify Empty datsets

raj4neo · New User Joined: 12 May 2006 Posts: 51 Location: India

Hi ,

I have a Requirement to verify lot of datasets whether its empty or not , If its Empty we need to populate a message to output dataset saying this particular dataset is empty

Thanks

Akatsukami · Posted: Wed Aug 07, 2013 4:19 pm

JCL cannot do this, of course; you'll need a program -- one that you have written or a utility. Do you have a preference?

raj4neo · New User Joined: 12 May 2006 Posts: 51 Location: India

Program or utility anything is fine

Could you please share

expat · Posted: Wed Aug 07, 2013 4:36 pm

And are there any particular formats of dataset to be considered here, KSDS, ESDS, PDS, PS, DA, SAS ............ et al

You want to insert a record into the dataset saying that the dataset is empty ?

raj4neo · New User Joined: 12 May 2006 Posts: 51 Location: India

All the datasets are PS Formats ,

say i have 5 datasets and out of which 1 datasets are empty means ,

Example:
1st dataset name : aaa.bbb
2nd dataset name : ccc.ddd -> empty dataset
3rd dataset name : eee.fff
4th dataset name : ggg.hhh
5th dataset name : iii.jjj

Output dataset should have a message

ccc.ddd is empty

expat · Posted: Wed Aug 07, 2013 4:49 pm

Which output dataset are you talking about. Are you talking about a dataset completely different to those being tested, or are you suggesting that each empty dataset is then populated with a record saying that it is empty.

I would also be interested in knowing why you, or anyone else, would want this information.

Also you have not answered my question about dataset formats being interogated.

Robert Sample · Posted: Wed Aug 07, 2013 5:05 pm

raj4neo, what you want to do may not be possible. For example, if these files are VSAM KSDS files that have never had a record in them, you cannot open them for input or I-O and hence you could not determine that they are empty via a program.

Furthermore, I find the original premise very suspect -- in a well-designed system there would never be a question about whether a particular file (or files) is (are) empty since the well-designed system simply would process either way.

Akatsukami · Posted: Wed Aug 07, 2013 5:13 pm

raj4neo · New User Joined: 12 May 2006 Posts: 51 Location: India

All the datasets i need to verify empty are PS ( Sequential datasets ) ,
NO VSAM datasets

Lot of Sequential datasets are coming from a vendor through File transfer , Now we are manually checking what are all empty datasets and sending a email to them saying these are empty ..

So our aim is to if we have a any job which can identify empty datasets and Write that dataset name in another dataset

Pandora-Box · Posted: Wed Aug 07, 2013 5:35 pm

Just curious why dont you check the empty file and set the return code to non-Zero and trigger a mail

enrico-sorichetti · Posted: Wed Aug 07, 2013 5:38 pm

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vasanthz · Posted: Wed Aug 07, 2013 5:43 pm

9 ways to check empty file
- Credits to Stefan
docs.google.com/document/d/1MwkNFN0eH6mmhjAArAFTPg0uOUFcZPu2RvzPV1T2Amw/edit