MQ - retrieving channel status

Hi all

Has anyone tried to retrieve the status of a channel or an MQ listener
using RPG to check whether it is running or inactive ?

I have examined the manuals and can't find anything that relates to
retrieving the attributes of a channel or listener, although I can get
attributes of message queues, queue managers etc. (well not from RPG anyway
- is there an equivalent C function ?)

I haven't yet had a look at retrieving the listener status using a NETSTAT
type API but I guess that's the next step if there is nothing in MQ to
retrieve the listener status.

I also had a look at running a file contain DISLAY CHSTATUS commands
through the RUNMQMCS command and outputting to file and then parsing it,
but I would really prefer not to do this unless I have to. This doesn't
seem to retrieve the status of inactive channels anyway....

I am trying to get attributes of various MQ components so I can automate
the checking procedure and right now I can't find a way to easily get the
listener or channel status. If someone can point me at the appropriate
API(s) I would really appreciate it as I am not looking forward to going
back to copying spool files and reading them....

Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated

regards
Evan Harris