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Message Posted: Thu, 25 Jul 2002 @ 04:24:36 GMT

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You could check if the file created is empty & based on that, return a code of your choice as illustrated below

1) Use the ".SYSTEM" command to check if the created file is empty

.SYSTEM 'test -s file.name'

The specified command 'test -s file.name' (On a unix box) is executed & the return value is available in &SYSRC. Your only concern here is whether &SYSRC is ZERO (File is non-empty) or NON-ZERO (File is empty).

2) If the return value is non-zero, it means that the file is empty, hence return an appropriate return code using the ".LOGOFF" command

.IF &SYSRC <> 0 THEN;
.LOGOFF ;
.ELSE;

/* Continue Processing */

Here is the complete script to just check the size of a file

.LOGTABLE abc;
.LOGON phantom/test,test;
.SYSTEM 'test -s file';
.IF &SYSRC <> 0 THEN;
.LOGOFF 123; -------------------> File 'abc' has size 0
.ELSE;
.LOGOFF 234; -------------------> File 'abc' has size > 0

Sanjay

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