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Possible to specify maximum retries?

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Hi,

I have a script that checks for the presence of a flag file on a server using the following code:
FTP Script
  1. :GAD_FLG
  2.  
  3.       $result=GETFILE("GAD_".$date.".flg")
  4.  
  5.       IF($result!="OK")
  6.          PRINT("ERR - GAD flag not present")
  7.          SLEEP(300)
  8.          GOTO :GAD_FLG
  9.       ELSE
  10.          PRINT("INF - GAD flag present")
  11.          GOTO :CustomerAgentEmail
  12.       END IF
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If the flag exists the rest of the script runs and downloads a bunch of files. My problem is that I only really want this script to run for a maximum of an hour as if the files are not available within this window they cannot be processed without disrupting users.

Is it possible to set a maximum retry limit on a particular section of the script (i.e. in this case the GOTO: GAD_FLG loop)? I guess I could rename a file incrementally, check for its existence and then exit the loop when it reaches the magic number but it's not a particularly elegant way to do it.

Cheers

John
FTP Script
  1. $aCount = 1
  2. # 60 sec*5 min
  3. $aPause = 60*5
  4. # 60 min*60sec/aPause
  5. $aMaxCount = 60*60/$aPause
  6.  
  7. :GAD_FLG
  8.  
  9. $result = GETFILE("GAD_".$date.".flg")
  10.  
  11. IF($result != "OK")
  12.   PRINT("ERR - GAD flag not present")
  13.   IF($aCount > $aMaxCount)
  14.     GOTO :End
  15.   END IF
  16.   SLEEP($aPause)
  17.   $aCount = $aCount+1
  18.   GOTO :GAD_FLG
  20.   PRINT("INF - GAD flag present")
  21.   GOTO :CustomerAgentEmail
  23.  
  24. # bla-bla-bla
  25.  
  26. :CustomerAgentEmail
  27. # bla-bla-bla
  28.  
  29. :End
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Thanks for answering wandrey
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