I'm working on a project that requires the use of FTP. I want to grab
several files from a Unix box (RS/6000) and plop them onto our HP3000.
My problem lies in the MGET command. When I try to use it to retrieve
many files at once, I get errors like:

ftp> dir
200 PORT command successful.
150 Opening data connection for /bin/ls.
total 67296
-rw-r-----   1 hci      staff    14146846 Jun 26 03:59 eop_062597
-rw-r-----   1 hci      staff    3627127 Jun 28 03:57 eop_062797
-rw-r-----   1 hci      staff    5294422 Jul 03 16:31 eop_070197
-rw-r-----   1 hci      staff     630420 Jul 05 04:11 eop_070497
-rw-r-----   1 hci      staff    6926878 Jul 09 03:56 eop_070897

ftp> mget eop*
200 PORT command successful.
150 Opening data connection for eop*.
226 Transfer complete.
60 bytes received in 0.00 seconds (14.65 Kbytes/sec)
mget eop_062597? y
An invalid character was found in an MPE syntax name.
(FILE SYSTEM ERROR -102)
Data Transfer Request Failed.  (FTPERR 13)
mget eop_062797? y
An invalid character was found in an MPE syntax name.
(FILE SYSTEM ERROR -102)
Data Transfer Request Failed.  (FTPERR 13)

Unfortunately, we don't have the FTP/ARPA manual here, nor the
LaserRom, so I can't RTFM and the on-line help is pretty lame.

It looks like FTP is trying to write to the MPE filespace instead of the
POSIX filespace and the underscore is giving MPE fits. Can I force a
write to POSIX-ville? If so, how?

Do I need to drop down to a plain 'ol GET (which will allow me to
specify a local-filename? eg:GET remote-file [local-file][;buildparms]. Of
course, this means I have to devise a way to get the remote filenames,
write them to a file, then process each one, etc.

Any suggestions would be appreciated. As I subscribe to the digest
version of the list, a CC: to my e-mail address would also be appreciated.

TIA

Pat Shugart
Oaksoft Consulting, Inc
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