Re: Another CL question

[David Gibbs <david@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

John Candidi wrote:
> I have a file that I append data to each month throughout the year via
> query. Come January 31 when we run our first closeout of the year, this file
> has to be cleared so that we can start all over again. I usually just CLRPFM
> I am trying to automate this process but keep in mind, when we run the
> month-end on Jan 1 for the year-end, this file must not get cleared. It is
> entirely possible this process won't run on Jan 31, it could spill over to
> Feb 1 depending on the length of the closeout. 

Job date does not change while a job is running ... so as long as you
are checking the job date, you should be fine.

Alternatively, you could retrieve the date at the beginning of the job
stream, store it in a data area in QTEMP, and use that value whenever
you need to check the date.

david