Barb Brehm writes:

> Is there a way to look at a temp file that is currently being
> created/accessed by a batch job?
[snip]
> The batch job has a temporary input file into a cobol program.  I'd like
> to see what record of the input file the cobol program is currently
> processing on (to determine how far along the job is).

The only way I know is with MPEX (which, fortunately, you have :) .

Try     %showproc #j123; format=files

This shows ALL files being accessed by the job, including temp files.
It also shows the current record ptr and the EOF.

I think an old (pre-XL) version of SOO actually estimated the time
until an open file would hit EOF, but I don't recall seeing that
functionality anywhere since.

--Glenn