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Re: FTP to HP3000 from OpenVMS 6.1
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Richard Gambrell <[log in to unmask]>
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Richard Gambrell <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 16 Feb 1999 22:12:18 -0500
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Maybe CSY should consider allowing the FTP SITE command to issues a file
equation.

Richard


[log in to unmask] wrote:
>
> Hello Randy, Friends @3000-l
>
> Re: FTP to HP3000 from OpenVMS 6.1
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------Randy says--
>   I have a problem FTP'ing to a Hewlett Packard 3000.  HP has a feature when you
> PUT a file, you can tag some file build parameters on the end of... eg.  PUT
> fromfile tofile;REC=-100,,F,ASCII.
>   This works on other clients I've tried, but it appears that FTP on OpenVMS
> ALPHA V6.1 is stripping everything after the semicolon.  I've tried wrapping it
> in quotes, using a comma, a space, but nothing.  I did try to turn off globbing
> and let the remote host parse the filename, but then I get an access violation
> and FTP abends with a dump.  Any help would be appreciated.
>
> thanks,
>   randy
> --------------------------------------------------------------------Randy says--
>
> This is a little bit ugly since it has a "global" impact on the default file
> build parameters for all files copied to the 3000... But, you can modify the
> default FTP system wide build parms in the file BLDPARMS.ARPA.SYS file.
>
> :print bldparms.arpa.sys
> ...
> ;REC=-80,,F,ASCII;DISC=204800    << change this one -80 to -100 >>
> ;REC=128,,F,BINARY;DISC=204800
> ;REC=,,B;DISC=16384000
> ...
>
> Be beware...  this change could have an impact on other applications which
> might care about the increased default record length (now 100 bytes) for all
> inbound ASCII file transfers.
>
> You may first need to :copy BLDSAMP.ARPA.SYS,BLDPARMS.ARPA.SYS and then make
> the change.
>
> Regards,
>
> James Hofmeister
> Hewlett Packard
> Worldwide Technology Network Expert Center
> P.S. My Ideals are my own, not necessarily my employers.

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Richard Gambrell
Database Administrator and Consultant to Computing Services
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, Dept. 4454
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