Tim Cummings wrote:
>> Actually, there is a command called EXITONERROR.

> That is the problem.  Exitonerror is not working on our new Nclass.

> Also, FTPLASTERROR is not reliable.  When exitonerror was working (on
> our old 987) and we had time-outs, transfer errors etc. FTPLASTERROR
> would sometimes show 0 (no error).  That is why we came up with the
> technique below.

> Here is my original post:

Tim, you've snipped what you are actually running :-(

What does it say when FTP launches?

On our brand spanking new N-Class, it says:

HPN/ACCOUNT(MGR)/PUB>ftp
File Transfer Protocol [A0012A03] (C) Hewlett-Packard Co. 2002 [PASSIVE
SUPPORT]

where 'ftp' is :

HPN/ACCOUNT(MGR)/PUB>help ftp
USER DEFINED COMMAND FILE: FTP.CMD.SYS
PARM DEST=""
FTP.ARPA.SYS "!DEST"

and ExitOnError works perfectly.

First without it; note that ftp prompts again after the error:

HPN/ACCOUNT(MGR)/PUB>ftp
File Transfer Protocol [A0012A03] (C) Hewlett-Packard Co. 2002 [PASSIVE
SUPPORT]
ftp> get carly
Not connected. (FTPERR 8)
ftp> exit
HPN/ACCOUNT(MGR)/PUB>

then with, and note that it exits on the error:

HPN/ACCOUNT(MGR)/PUB>ftp
File Transfer Protocol [A0012A03] (C) Hewlett-Packard Co. 2002 [PASSIVE
SUPPORT]
ftp> exitonerror
ExitOnError mode on. (FTPINFO 33)
ftp> get carly
Not connected. (FTPERR 8)

HPN/ACCOUNT(MGR)/PUB> showvar ftp@
FTPLASTERR = -8
FTPXFERFILES = 0
FTPREQFILES = 0
FTPREPLACE = TRUE
FTPLASTMSG = Not connected. (FTPERR 8)
HPN/ACCOUNT(MGR)/PUB>

So there may well be something wrong at your end, but it's certainly not a
gross error of ftp not working on the N-Class. And there's nothing we had to
change when upgrading from our old 937.

You talked of FTPLASTERROR. Was that a typo? As above, we get (reliably)
FTPLASTERR (not errOR).

And I wasn't sure about that FTP/XL line in your example.
Are you running ftp.arpa.sys? That's the only ftp program we've got on here,
though......

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