RE: tn3270e client on the AS400

> There are some iSeries old hands that would not think to look for the
> industry standard commands like:  TELNET, FTP, PING, TRACEROUTE.  They
> would think they need to follow the traditional naming conventions of
> either verb-noun or verb-adjective-noun.  So IBM duplicated a number of
> these commands, like: STRTCPTELN, STRTCPFTP, VFYTCPCNN, TRCTCPRTE.
> Functionally, they are the same.  Now, figuring out which verb IBM used
> for the command can be a trick.  That's why I stick to the standard
> commands, that, and so I don't get lost when working on other platforms.


Hmm. For my part. I generally use the "universal" form, EXCEPT that I use
WRKTCPSTS rather than NETSTAT.

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JHHL