Run the job if the file in cobol program has current date

[maxsubrat]

I Have a requirement.
There is a scheduled job running everyday.
I have to run the job PCCBNNNN only if the input file BGPTTU in this cobol has a current date. My CL program calling the cobol program.
How to get the date from file ?
Thanks

[Terry Wincheste]

You need to read the file with a high-level language program or optionally you could read it within the CL program:

/* Declare the file                                                  */

             DCLF       FILE(MYFILE)                                    

/* Read the file...if an error occurs...get outa' here               */

             RCVF       RCDFMT(MYRCDFMT)                                  
             MONMSG     MSGID(CPF0864) EXEC(DO)                        
             RETURN
             ENDDO                                                     

/* Send message                                                      */

             SNDPGMMSG  MSG(&MYFLDNAM)

[john.sev99]

The RTVOBJD command may give you the info you require. I allows you to retrieve various dates from an object - create date, change date etc.

[Vectorspace]

"if the input file BGPTTU in this cobol has a current date"

It is not clear what this date is. Are you talking about a date stored within one of the records in the file? or are you talking about the created date/last changed of the *FILE object?