I have this mostly working now, with the exception of the ftp transfer of
the output to another host. Before I start hacking at the FTPIT job I
would like to obtain some information.

I intend to move the conf.yyyy-mm-dd file to a drop box on a Linux server.
 The target host is SELinux enabled and uses vsftpd as the ftp daemon.  I
have configured that host to accept anonymous connections to the drop
directory and have tested this from the HP3000 client and proven that it
all works.

However, the FTPIT job fails nonetheless and it seems to be a matter of
authentication.  I have configured the netrc file, to the best of my very
limited understanding, but I rather suspect that this is where the problem
lies.

sysnetrc.sysconf =

machine '216.185.71.23' login 'anonymous' password 'hp3k01.hamilton'

FTPIT.JOBS.SYSLOCAL

 :setvar hpautocont true
 :reset @
 :
 :setvar _fi_dir        '/SYS/SYSCONF/'
 :setvar _fi_cur_file   _fi_dir + 'CURRENT'
 :if not finfo(_fi_cur_file,'exists')
 *** EXPRESSION FALSE: COMMANDS IGNORED UNTIL MATCHING ELSEIF/ELSE
 /ENDIF
 :  tellop ERROR: !_fi_cur_file does not exist
 :  tellop        Contact HP3000 Computer System Support
 :  setjcw jcw fatal
 :else
 *** RESUME EXECUTION OF COMMANDS
 :  input _fi_file < !_fi_cur_file
 :  if not finfo(_fi_file,'exists')
 *** EXPRESSION FALSE: COMMANDS IGNORED UNTIL MATCHING ELSEIF/ELSE
 /ENDIF
 :    tellop ERROR: !_fi_file does not exist
 :  tellop        Contact HP3000 Computer System Support
 :    setjcw jcw fatal
(47/86) Continue?
 :  else
 *** RESUME EXECUTION OF COMMANDS
 :    file netrc.pub=sysnetrc.sysconf
 :    setvar _fi_node           "192.168.2.23      "
 :    setvar _fi_new_file_name  "/ftp-drop/" + "hp3k01.conf"
 :    echo exitonerror>ftpin
 :    echo ascii>>ftpin
 :    echo put !_fi_file !_fi_new_file_name>>ftpin
 :    echo quit>>ftpin
 :    print ftpin
 exitonerror
 ascii
 put /SYS/SYSCONF/conf.2008-09-16                                         
           /ftp-drop/hp3k01.conf
 quit
 :    setvar ftplasterr 0
 :    ftp !_fi_node < ftpin

 File Transfer Protocol [A0012E07] (C) Hewlett-Packard Co. 2002 [PASSIVE
SUPPORT]
 220 (vsFTPd 2.0.5)
 Connected to 192.168.2.23.  (FTPINFO 40)
 ftp> exitonerror
 ExitOnError mode on.  (FTPINFO 33)
 ftp> ascii
(70/86) Continue?
 530 Please login with USER and PASS.
 221 Goodbye.

 :    if ftplasterr <> 0
 *** EXPRESSION TRUE


So, it seems to me that the info in the netrc file is not being used or is
corrupted.  Have I misunderstood the format of the netrc file?  Have I
left something out?

I also have concerns about the generated ftpin file.  It seem to me that
there seem to be a <cr> being inserted between the source and the target
filenames somehow.  However, we never get to that point because of the
login issue.

Regards,

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