RE: Checking whether a library contains anything that has changed?

You took the first good step by abandoning trying to do it all with CL.
Since you decided on RPG then I suggest you add some derivatives of

Select objname, objtype, objcreated, change_timestamp
FROM TABLE(QSYS2.OBJECT_STATISTICS('mylib', '*ALL'))
Where change_timestamp>parm_timestamp

Select system_table_schema, system_table_name, system_table_member,
Last_change_timestamp

From qsys2.syspartitionstat

Where last_change_timestamp>parm_timestamp

This would greatly simplify your code and increase it's maintainability


Rob Berendt