RE: Checking for the number of records in a file

[Mike Cunningham <mike.cunningham@xxxxxxx>]

Thanks all - exactly what I needed. Has this really been there since V5R1? 

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From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Rich Loeber
Sent: Tuesday, November 24, 2009 10:46 AM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: Re: Checking for the number of records in a file

   Mike,

   Use the RTVMBRD command .... check out the NBRCURRCD parameter .... this
   is what you're looking for.

   Rich Loeber - @richloeber
   Kisco Information Systems
   [1]http://www.kisco.com

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   Mike Cunningham wrote:

 Is there an easy way for a CL program to determine the number of records in a physical file? We upload files using FTP from a Windows server and would like to test to see if the file is empty and send a alert that the export process on the Windows server may not have worked correctly.

 Thanks


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