This is the skeleton of what we do before any FTP

by Scott Lindstrom; Zenith Electronics

DCL        VAR(&SUCCESSBIN) TYPE(*CHAR) LEN(4)
DCL        VAR(&SUCCESSDEC) TYPE(*DEC) LEN(15)

           PING       RMTSYS(&RMTSYS) INTNETADR(&IP) NBRPKT(10) /* +
                         Check if the remote system responds */
            MONMSG     MSGID(TCP3202) EXEC(DO) /* Unknown Host */
                (send some error message)
                GOTO (some label)
            ENDDO

            RCVMSG     MSGTYPE(*COMP) RMV(*NO) MSGDTA(&MSGDTA12) +
                         MSGID(&MSGID) /* Get the last completion +
                         message; it should be TCP3210 which gives +
                         the success percentage */

            IF         COND(&MSGID *NE 'TCP3210') THEN(DO) /* If +
                         not what we expected */
                GOTO       CMDLBL(STRFTP) /* Try the FTP anyways */
            ENDDO

            CHGVAR     VAR(&SUCCESSBIN) VALUE(%SST(&MSGDTA12 9 4)) +
                         /* Extract out the success percentage */
            CVTBIN4DEC BINARY(&SUCCESSBIN) DECIMAL(&SUCCESSDEC) /* +
                         and convert to decimal so we can check it +
                         easiliy */

            IF         COND(&SUCCESSDEC *GE 10) THEN(DO) /* If at +
                         least 10% of the pings worked */
                GOTO       CMDLBL(STRFTP) /* Do the FTP */
            ENDDO
            ELSE       CMD(DO)
              (send some error message)
            ENDDO

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