On Wed, 5 Mar 2014 18:21:34 -0500, Micheal Butz wrote: > >I have 2 files and would li[k]e to see >If one or both or none exist > >I am using IDCAMS ... > "exist" or "are nonempty"?
This is another thing it's ridiculously easy to do with z/OS UNIX: File1="SYS1.MACLIB(SPLEVEL)" File2="SYS1.MACLIB(WAIT)" Counts="$( cp -B "//'$File1'" /dev/fd/1 | head -c1 )$( cp -B "//'$File2'" /dev/fd/1 | head -c1 )" case "$Counts" in "") echo Both files are empty;; ?) echo One file is non-empty;; ??) echo Both files are non-empty;; esac Why torture yourself? -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN