On Thu, 19 Apr 2012 10:22:56 -0700, Frank Swarbrick <frank.swarbr...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>I know of the NULLOUT and NULLOFL options to specify return code setting if >there are no records to be written to the output file. I'm >wondering if there is any option I can specify so that the SORTOUT file will >not even be opened if there are no records to be written to >it. Basically, I want to leave the "old" records that were in SORTOUT alone >if there is nothing new to go in to it for this run. Is there some reason you couldn't just use DISP=MOD on your SORTOUT DD statement? -- Walt ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
