On 10/20/2006 8:43 AM, Charles Mills wrote:
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.
Have you considered using PARM='(EXIT' on your batch FTP job steps? That
will cause FTP to set meaningful return codes.
See
http://publibz.boulder.ibm.com/cgi-bin/bookmgr_OS390/BOOKS/F1A1B960/4.11?SHELF=EZ2ZO10H&DT=20060622162500
or http://makeashorterlink.com/?J5851220E for more details.
Walt
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