I am a real newb with routine writing. I am trying to have a routing that looks for a file. If it exists then the routine is OK, otherwise it is a Fail.
Could anyone help me out on this? or point me to some resources that I can sift through to find a solution?
1. Do a list on the specified directory.
2. Use the list command within a DSExecute.
3. If the ReturnCode of the DSExecute is not equal to 0, it would mean, the file does not exist.
Where do you want to run this routine? In a sequence job or inside a parallel job?
If former then you can use wait for file activity stage and set the time to 00:00:00.
If latter then you need to write a C routine to do this, how good are your C skills?
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My C skills are beginner level . But for the wait for file stage, when time is 00:00:00 how will it act, meaning will it fail if once it reaces this point in the process if the file does not exist? (i know simple question, but I need to be sure)
. But for the wait for file stage, when time is 00:00:00 how will it act, meaning will it fail if once it reaces this point in the process if the file does not exist? (i know simple question, but I need to be sure)