Re: Successful FTP?

[Neil Palmer <neil@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Terry Glass wrote:
> 
> Has anyone developed a way to tell if a FTP transfer from a 400 to an PC
> server is successful?  I have a program that will run in batch (submitted
> from the job scheduler) that will automatically FTP a file to an imaging
> server.  I have not been able to figure out how to tell if the FTP
> completed successfully.  If it has, then I can clear the file for the next
> transfer later in the day.  If not, then I need to retry at a later time
> and/or notify the operator.  Idealy, this will run as a hands-off
> operation, with the operator involved only when there is an error.
> 
> Any help will be much appreciated!

If you override the log output from the FTP session to a source member
you should be able to scan it for the messages indicating successful
transmission.

ie.  In CL program I presume you already have an OVRDBF INPUT to point
to the member containing the FTP commands to run in batch.
Use OVRDBF OUTPUT to direct the log output to a source member, and when
you scan the member you should see an entry like:
57378 bytes transferred in 2.316 seconds. Transfer rate 24.770 KB/sec

OR - you could just retrieve the file back from the PC into a different
library, and compare the file with the original (maybe you could use
CMPPFM) to see if it was sent successfully.

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