On:    Thu, 25 Sep 2008 17:11:41 -0700, donna hofmeister
<[log in to unmask]>  wrote:

>
> I don't think anyone asked....what version of ftp are you (james) running.
> the standard answer is always update to the latest version.  ftp is (way)
> easy to update.  use autopat...no tape or reboot needed.

Version info:

:ftp
File Transfer Protocol [A0012E07] (C) Hewlett-Packard Co. 2002 [PASSIVE
SUPPORT]
ftp>

Thanks for all of the suggestions.  I regret the delay in replying to some
of them, but as I am a digest subscriber I did not see all of them until
this morning.

There are a few points about my situation.

1. We are not on HP support and have not been since shortly after the 2001
announcement of the HP3000 end of life.

2. The current OS on the system is:
RELEASE: C.75.00   MPE/iX HP31900 C.45.05   USER VERSION: C.75.00

3. It has probably been 8 years since I last used autopat, or autopatch or
whatever it was called, and my recollections of it do not extend beyond
the "Oh yeah... I recall something like that" level of detail.

I googled for info on this utility/script and I searched my system but I
came up empty on any meaningful references.

So, what I now need are detailed answers to two questions:

1.  May I update my HP3000 ftp client without having to contract for
services from HP?

2.  If so, then exactly what steps do I follow? A recipe is what I need.

Regards,

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