Pat Shugart wrote:
>
> I'm working on a project that requires the use of FTP. I want to grab
> several files from a Unix box (RS/6000) and plop them onto our HP3000.
> My problem lies in the MGET command. When I try to use it to retrieve
> many files at once, I get errors like:
>
> ftp> dir
> 200 PORT command successful.
> 150 Opening data connection for /bin/ls.
> total 67296
> -rw-r-----   1 hci      staff    14146846 Jun 26 03:59 eop_062597
> -rw-r-----   1 hci      staff    3627127 Jun 28 03:57 eop_062797
> -rw-r-----   1 hci      staff    5294422 Jul 03 16:31 eop_070197
> -rw-r-----   1 hci      staff     630420 Jul 05 04:11 eop_070497
> -rw-r-----   1 hci      staff    6926878 Jul 09 03:56 eop_070897
>
> ftp> mget eop*
> 200 PORT command successful.
> 150 Opening data connection for eop*.
> 226 Transfer complete.
> 60 bytes received in 0.00 seconds (14.65 Kbytes/sec)
> mget eop_062597? y
> An invalid character was found in an MPE syntax name.
> (FILE SYSTEM ERROR -102)
> Data Transfer Request Failed.  (FTPERR 13)
> mget eop_062797? y
> An invalid character was found in an MPE syntax name.
> (FILE SYSTEM ERROR -102)
> Data Transfer Request Failed.  (FTPERR 13)

Tha ARPA manual says:

<START MANUAL>

MESSAGE: Data Transfer Request failed (FTPERR 13)

CAUSE    An error was deteted durng data transfer. This error is
accompanied by another error which indicates the problem

ACTION   Use the accompanying error to resolve the problem

YOU KNOW NOW :-( (Sorry I dont).

The manual further says:

MPE/iX FTP user

4. Cannot Transfer files

for FTP file transfer problems, first turn verbsoe and debug on

- Check how the file names are entered. Some systems support both upper
and lower case file names. Some systema support characters in file names
that are not supported on MPE/iX. ?????????

<END MANUAL>

Maybe it helps if you try to somehow "escape" the MPE syntax. Try to
specify ./eop*.

Sorry, no further ideas,

Friedrich



>
> Unfortunately, we don't have the FTP/ARPA manual here, nor the
> LaserRom, so I can't RTFM and the on-line help is pretty lame.
>
> It looks like FTP is trying to write to the MPE filespace instead of the
> POSIX filespace and the underscore is giving MPE fits. Can I force a
> write to POSIX-ville? If so, how?
>
> Do I need to drop down to a plain 'ol GET (which will allow me to
> specify a local-filename? eg:GET remote-file [local-file][;buildparms]. Of
> course, this means I have to devise a way to get the remote filenames,
> write them to a file, then process each one, etc.
>
> Any suggestions would be appreciated. As I subscribe to the digest
> version of the list, a CC: to my e-mail address would also be appreciated.
>
> TIA
>
> Pat Shugart
> Oaksoft Consulting, Inc
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