Jeff writes:
 
...
> just try connecting to the FTP/iX server and access anything on the host
> that contains lowercase characters.  No cd, no get, no put, zilch, nada.
>
> Everything is upshifted.  Even between MPE/iX systems!  Even when using
> escaped HFS names.
 
It works for me...here's a connection from our RS6000 to our HP3000/917,
5.0:
 
   ftp lisa
   Connected to lisa.denkart.com.
   220 HP ARPA FTP Server [A0007003] (C) Hewlett-Packard Co. 1990
   Name (lisa:sieler): mgr.www
   331 Password required for MGR.WWW.  Syntax: ,acctpass
   Password:
   230 User logged on
   ftp> cd /WWW/WWW/httpd_1.3/conf
   250 CWD  file action successful.
   ftp> pwd
   257-"/WWW/WWW/httpd_1.3/conf" is the current directory.
   257 ",MGR.WWW,BIN" is the current session.
 
... so, I was able to cd with no problem.  The directory in question
contains a lowercase file name, mime.types ... so, I'll try to get it...
 
   ftp> get mime.types
   200 PORT command ok.
   550 NONEXISTENT GROUP  (FSERR 51)
 
...hmm, this surprised me the first time I saw it, then I realized that
the darn FTP fouling me up, so I tried:
 
   ftp> get ./mime.types
   200 PORT command ok.
   150 File: ./mime.types opened; data connection will be opened
   226 Transfer complete.
   10167 bytes received in 0.03191 seconds (311.2 Kbytes/s)
 
...this worked.
 
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