Hello Mark,

As an interim "workaround", you could possibly use "get" to get the
required bytestream file.   I think get goes through without a hang.

ftp> get ./rcs.rc TESTBYT
---> RNFR ./rcs.rc
350 File exists, ready for destination name.
---> RNTO ./rcs.rc
250 RNTO file action successful.
---> SITE BUILDPARMS ./rcs.rc
213 "./rcs.rc": REC=,,B;DISC=2147483647,8
---> PORT 15,70,188,48,187,76
200 PORT command ok.
---> SITE FILELABEL RETR ./rcs.rc

150 File: ./rcs.rc opened; data connection will be opened
---> SITE USER_LABELS ./rcs.rc
213 "./rcs.rc": 0,0
---> PORT 15,70,188,48,187,77
200 PORT command ok.
---> RETR ./rcs.rc
150 File: ./rcs.rc opened; data connection will be opened
226 Transfer complete.
838 bytes received in 0.03 seconds (24.07 Kbytes/sec), 0.010 FTP CPU
seconds


Mark Bixby wrote:
>
> Patrick Santucci writes:
> >
> > Mark Bixby wrote:
> > >
> > > Jim Hofmeister writes:
> > > > I have seen something like this on pre-release 6.0, but you mentioned you
> > > > are on 5.5.  The case seen on 6.0 was specific to the bytestream file type,
> > > > what are the characteristics of the file you are trying to copy ?
> > >
> > > Yes, it's a 5.5 bytestream file that I'm trying to PUT to another 5.5 system.
> >
> > Mark, I realize that by now you've probably solved your immediate
> > problem by rebooting, but did you try aborting the FTPMON job on the
> > target system to break the connection?
>
> I already thought of that.  I even tried rebooting the target system, but it
> didn't have any effect on the looping system.
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Best regards,
Raghu

CSY R & D, Bangalore, INDIA
Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.

Disclaimer: I speak for myself, not HP