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HP to IBM FTP question
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[log in to unmask][log in to unmask], 12 Feb 1998 15:45:06 -0500572_- HP 3000 Discussion Group-

My name is Brent Stephens and I work for Decision Consultants,
Inc. We have been chartered by one of our largest clients to come in
and
complete a department wide data/system analysis. One of the
core
systems runs on a HP 3000/MPE platform. We need to find 3
operating
system/hardware gurus to join our team and to complete high
level analysis and data mapping. We have a team of 11 other
people that are already beginning the same sort of analysis on VM and
UNIX platforms (the 2 other core systems). [...]41_12Feb199815:45:[log in to unmask]
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Wed, 11 Feb 1998 17:59:41 -0500
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> I need some help in resolving an FTP file transfer from a Big iron PDS
> member to HP using
> mget:
>
> Remote system type is MVS.
> ftp> MGET 'XYZ.NEWPDS.PDS(AA1000X)'
> 125 List started OK.
> 27 bytes received in 0.04 seconds (0.71 Kbytes/sec)
> mget 'YRE.XYZ.NEWPDS.PDS(AA1000X)'?
>
> What is FTP asking for ?

FTP is asking if you want to transfer this file. The default mode for
mget/mput is to prompt before transferring each file. Use the 'prompt'
command to toggle this off if you don't want to be asked. FTP will then
transfer any files without asking for confirmation.

>
> Pressing ENTER gives:
>
> The file name starts with a nonalphabetic character.  (FILE OPEN ERROR
> -255)
> Data Transfer Request Failed.  (FTPERR 13)

Since you can't give a destination file name with 'mget', FTP tries to
create a file with the same name ('YRE.XYZ.NEWPDS.PDS(AA1000X)'), which
starts with a nonalphbetic character (the "'"). I don't know how you can
specify a legal MPE (or POSIX) file name for this mget command. The only
other option is to 'get' each file and supply a legal file name as the
destination.

>
> Big Iron file appears to be AOK
>
> Thanks
>

Steve Fulton
The NPD Group Canada, Inc.

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