One of the slickest ways to do this is if you use STREAMX with VESOFT.  You can
include code in your job that allows you to tailor a jobstream at the time of
submission.  For instance

!JOB MYJOB,DBA.ACCOUNT....
::IF <condition>
!FILE A=FILEA.GROUP
!RUN PROGA.OBJECT
::ELSE
!FILE B=FILEB.GROUP
!RUN PROGB.OBJECT
::ENDIF
!EOJ

See the manual for all of the :: commands, there are lots of examples.

No VESOFT?  You might try something like

!IF FINFO("myfile.group",19) > 0
!     FILE A=myfile.group
!     RUN PROGA.OBJECT
!ENDIF


Jon Temple wrote:

> I have a job stream which I want to close or abort "naturally" if a file is
> no found.  I know if I do a listf on the file in the job, it will abort
> before processing, but  our operations people see that and call someone in
> the middle of the night.
>
> How can I do the lists, the if it can't find the file, then stop processing
> and end the job without getting the "job flushed" stuff.  If it finds the
> file, I would like the job to continue on.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jon