Re: FTP from AS/400, appending to a pc file.

[Phil Hall <hallp@xxxxxxxx>]

Gerald,

> I am in need of a way to append (add more current data) to a pc file
> on our server.  I can ftp from the AS/400 and replace the file, or I
> can have the ftp on the 400 give the pc file a new file name, 
> I am hoping there is a way to append to the PC file through the 
> AS400, otherwise I will need a program on another PC that will do 
> the appending.

This is really a problem with the ftp client you're using on the PC.

Most ftp clients (including the ftp client on the AS/400) buffer the incomming
data from the source file into target file. If the connection is lost, the data
buffred is too.

There are ftp clients, that flush the data out to the target file on each read
of the source file data. If the download fails, re-ftping the file will
normally continue the download from the point of failure (ie the cleint will
ignore the data upto the data already transfered) and thus allow you to
'append' the rest of the data. 

I can't think of one off hand (other than the in-built ftp client in IE4.x),
but a look at the shareware site www.winfiles.com may turn up one.

One thing to watch out for is if the ftp client detects a change in the 'date
last modifed', because this may cause a complete re-download of the whole file.

Sorry I couldn't give you the name of a better ftp client,

--phil

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