Jim Gilbert wrote:

> Does anyone know if it's possible to set a var to the result of an finfo
> across a dsline connection?

not directly :-(

> I want to retrieve the status of a particular file on the remote system.

you're not the only one :-)

one way of doing it is to
 - create a file equation on the remoted system that includes a 'nodespec'
(read 'help all' for file) for the originating system
 - echo ![finfo('myfile','myparm')]>*myfeq

that magic file equation will put the information on your originating system.
if it's a one-liner file, it's fairly easy to get the input:
  input myvar < finfofle

it involves some work, but it's not too bad....         - d

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