Be aware that the FTP authors didn't view return codes the way, say, the writers of the COBOL compilers or IEBCOPY did. It's entirely possible to get a zero return code from an FTP jobstep that has gone terribly wrong.
Yes, there are circumventions. Just be warned that all FTP zero return codes do not equal data processing success. Charles -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Warner Mach Sent: Friday, October 20, 2006 4:33 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Multiple FTP Problems To return to the original problem: <snip> So I checked, in JCL, for a good return code from the FTP step. If the return code was bad I: (1) Passed control to a 'wait' job that would wait x number of minutes. (2) Retried the FTP ... This solution worked very well. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
