On 10/20/2006 11:00 AM, McKown, John wrote:
Unfortunately the (EXIT means that any error or warning will result in a
non-zero return code. We cannot use it in some ftps because we have:
put mainframe.file temp.output.file
del output.file
rename temp.output.file output.file
If "output.file" does not exist, then the "del" command will give a
message which causes the ftp step to get a non-zero return code. As to
why we do this, there is a process which looks for a new "output.file"
and when it sees it, it processes it. So we cannot ftp directly to that
name because it is possible for the off-site process to "fire up" before
the ftp is complete. But the rename will fail if "output.file" already
exists, so we must attempt to delete it. this is basically a "no win"
situation. If "output.file" does not exist then (EXIT will cause a
non-zero due to the "del". If "output.file" does exist and the "del" is
not done, then the "rename" will fail.
Couldn't you put the "del" in a separate FTP step, executed first? Yes,
that's a change to your JCL, but it seems like a fairly simple one to
resolve the problem.
Or couldn't you leave the output.file around normally, and do:
put mainframe.file output.file (would not trigger anything)
rename output.file temp.output.file
rename temp.output.file output.file (would trigger processing)
Walt
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