In a message dated 10-01-99, Eddy Thilleman said to Mike Ruskai about
"hstart wget?"

Hi Eddy,

MR> It's 'READY:', not 'READY'.  Though in PC-DOS 7's REXX, it is 'READY'.
MR> So, you might want to do this:

MR> if left(check,5) != 'READY' then do

ET>In my latest version, I do

ET>  if pos( 'READY', check ) = 1 then        /* if we opened file */

The definitive test is really an exact byte comparison on the string:

     IF check == 'READY:' THEN

Note the double equal sign.

ET>the same condition with the do while

ET>> do while stream( InFile, 'state' ) = 'READY'

MR> lines() or chars() would be better here.

ET>why?

I don't see any reason. In fact, checking the STATE would be marginally less
overhead. Again, I would recommend an exact byte comparison:

     DO WHILE STREAM(InFile,'STATE') == 'READY'

Regards

Dave

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