RE: Flaky FTP

Thanks Mark...I was thinking of a timing issue. I'll give that a try.

- Michael

> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: RE: [PCTECH] Flaky FTP
> From: "mlazarus@xxxxxxxx" <mlazarus@xxxxxxxx>
> Date: Mon, October 31, 2005 2:39 pm
> To: pctech@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> 
> Michael,
> 
>  It might be timing thing, if the FTP server is very busy.  Try putting a
> NOOP command between these 2 lines:
> quote rcmd call parsetimex 
> NOOP  <---
> append c:\ta\punch.log hravfa/hptimein 
> 
>  -mark
> 
> 
> Original Message:
> -----------------
> From:  michael@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2005 11:40:42 -0700
> To: pctech@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [PCTECH] Flaky FTP
> 
> 
> Here's my situation...I have a process that FTPs a file from a Windows
> XP client to an AS/400 (V5R1) every 15 minutes. Runs like a
> champ...does everything I want...except it's started getting flaky.
> Every 10 or so transfers, it doesn't move the data. Here's the script
> that runs on the XP client:
> 
> user
> pass
> quote rcmd addlible mylib
> quote rcmd call parsetimex 
> append c:\ta\punch.log hravfa/hptimein 
> quote rcmd call parsetimec 
> quit 
> 
> I've been running comm traces on the AS/400 and Ethereal on the XP
> client. When it fails, I don't see the append command; when it works, I
> do. It's almost like it doesn't recognize the append command when it
> fails. I'm baffled...any ideas? Or better ways of doing something like
> this?
> 
> TIA...
> 
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