Had a problem with this too. Turned out to be some special characters imbedded in the JCL. Purge the file and type it in fresh. "EBEN YONG" <[log in to unmask]> wrote in message news:9eer1q09dj@enews4.newsguy.com... > Hello, > > I'm trying to get this implemented but I am experiencing problems with the > initial experimental stage. Here's the output from my MS-DOS FTP session: > > C:\WINDOWS>ftp woody > Connected to woody. > 220 HP ARPA FTP Server [A0010A02] (C) Hewlett-Packard Co. 1990 > User (woody:(none)): mgr.aihbeta > 331 Password required for MGR.AIHBETA. Syntax: userpass,acctpass > Password: > 230 User logged on > ftp> debug > Debugging On . > ftp> quote site stream x.eben > ---> site stream x.eben > 550 Warning: expected a JOB or DATA command. (CIERR 6058) > ftp> bye > ---> QUIT > 221 Server is closing command connection > > The contents of x.eben look like this (passwords are in the file but removed > from this post): > > !JOB TEST,MGR/<userpassword>.aihbeta/<acctpassword> > !echo 123 > !eoj > > Within a session, streaming the file does not pose any problems: > > AIHBETA.EBEN:stream x.eben > JOB CARD = !JOB TEST,MGR/.aihbeta/ > #J687 > > Can someone tell me why the remote FTP session is coming up with the CIERR > 6058 error? Thanks very much for any assistance. > > Eben Yong > Health Plan of San Mateo > > * To join/leave the list, search archives, change list settings, * > * etc., please visit http://raven.utc.edu/archives/hp3000-l.html * > * To join/leave the list, search archives, change list settings, * * etc., please visit http://raven.utc.edu/archives/hp3000-l.html *