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JCL & VSAM :: RE: JCL to get submitted once dataset has data - DEV region

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Author: steve-myers
Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2017 9:57 am (GMT 5.5)

Robert Sample wrote:
Unless you have a scheduler available in your DEV region, what you want to do cannot be done -- period. Batch jobs waiting are a VERY BAD IDEA, and there is no (easy) way to determine when a data set has data placed in it.
  • Batch jobs waiting are a VERY BAD IDEA.
    Agreed.
  • there is no (easy) way to determine when a data set has data placed in it.
    Yes and no, though some agent has to be waiting and periodically checking
    • Check DS1LSTAR in the format 1 DSCB.
    • Check DS1REFD in the format 1 DSCB
    • Intercept SMF writes. Assume the data set has been modified when a type 15 record appears for the data set.


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