Put the file in USS and execute the tail command
P Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of K Zafirop Sent: Friday, May 08, 2009 9:30 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Accessing a big sequential file Hi listers! Do you have any idea on how to get only the last record of a very big file using either REXX or some other method? I will want to prevent reading all file records in any any case. Best regards and thanks! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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

