You could write an EXCI program to find out the status. If you can't find the status you could do a EXEC CICS READ and look @ the EIBRCODE.
Gary Garland Gregory, MS CA Senior Software Engineer Tel: +1-214-473-1863 Fax: +1-214-473-1050 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rick Fochtman Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2007 4:52 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: CICS file status from batch ----------------------<snip>--------------------- Is there a way to find out the staus of a online file in CICS from a batch job. I want to find in batch whether the file is open or closed in CICS. --------------------<unsnip>--------------------- I'm not sure if the MacKinney product for communicationg with CICS from batch can do this or not. Could only cost a E-Mail to ask... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html

