I've seen examples where the 'get' which sends a file to an IBM mainframe
(MVS) will fail because someone has the file opened for read access (using
TSO browse).  In the past I thought that an update will work, the version of
the file the person was browsing would just be outdated.

Andreas Schmidt <[log in to unmask]> wrote in message
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> Folks,
>
> we're detecting more and more FTP BUGS under 6.0, and I'm interested in
> YOUR experiences on this.
>
> The two most important bugs we see:
>
> * The ftp client on MPE 6.0 does and exclusive open of a file with format
> designator "INPUT".
> Under 5.5 such a file granted share access.
>
> * The ftp server returns successful completion of a file transfer, but no
> file will be present if the security matrix on the remote site is not
> appropriate.
>
> Yesterday I started some more testing but need to complete them in a more
> ordered manner before sharing with you.
>
> TIA, best regards, have a nice Xmas time, Andreas Schmidt, CSC, Germany
>