Just a guess, do you have 'exitonerror' set? Trying delete a nonexistent file is
an error, so FTP quits. Move the exitonerror after the delete.

Steve Fulton
The NPD Group Canada, Inc.

> I have just upgraded to 5.5 pp6 and I remember seeing some traffic about
> problems w/FTP in pp6.
>
> Here is my screnario:
>
> - we want to move file XYZ.TXT to a network (novell) drive in a job stream
> - FTP starts and logs in without a problem
> -  do a delete of XYZ.TXT to make sure that file does not already exist,
> although 95% of the time the file does not exist
> - put XYZ.TXT
> - exit
>
> This always worked in the past, but since the upgrade, the job chokes on the
> delete. To use MPE jargon, it's like there used to be a 'CONTINUE' before the
> delete, but now there is not.
>
> Is this one of the identified bugs in FTP on pp6?
>
> thx
> steve hammond
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