Re: Batch FTP

I usually use this technique, but in my CL program I just use FTP DUMMY,
works fine.
cjg

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-----Original Message-----
From: Jim Langston <jlangston@conexfreight.com>
To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com>
Date: Monday, February 14, 2000 5:56 PM
Subject: Re: Batch FTP


>Ahhh, okay, now it makes sense.
>
>The programmer wanted to put the IP address of the remote
>system into the command input file instead of the source file,
>for very good reason.  If the IP address ever changes, or you
>want to send to another place, it is much easier to find the
>command input file and change it, then to find the source code,
>change it and recompile.
>
>The reason s/he put in LOOPBACK is because you can not
>FTP without putting in a remote location name.  To get around
>this s/he just used the local machine to kick it off.
>
>Then they had the input file script close the connection, and open
>the real connection.
>
>It was just their way of doing things, and one that I think probably
>is a pretty good idea.  On a PC you can just run the command FTP.EXE
>without putting in the remote location, and then run the open command.
>
>Should be that way on the AS/400 also, IMO.
>
>Regards,
>
>Jim Langston
>
>SHISHIRKSINGH wrote:
>
>> The scenario is like this :
>>
>> I have a PC IP '192.168.45.90' to which I will be doing FTP from
>> AS400(LOOPBACK is the local host - 127.0.0.1).
>>
>> I can do it in 2 ways,
>>
>> a) FTP RMTSYS('192.168.45.90')
>>
>>         and then in the command input file the code will be
>>                 zzzzzz aaaaaaa
>>                 PUT .....
>>                 ---------
>>                 CLOSE
>>
>>         where zzzzzz is the user and aaaaaa is the password
>>
>> b) FTP RMTSYS(LOOPBACK)
>>         and then in the command input file the code will be something
like
>> this :
>>
>>                 XXXXXXX **********      -> This is the dummy
login/Password
>>                 close
>>                 OPEN '192.168.45.90'
>>                 USER  zzzzzz aaaaaa
>>                 PUT ....
>>                 -------
>>                 -------
>>                 CLOSE
>>
>>
>> I have the 2nd method being used at lot of places. Is there any specific
>> advantage of using the 2nd method?
>>
>> But then 1st method gives me more flexibility as far as FTP server IP
>> address is concerned. Is there any security aspect involved?  IBM manual
too
>> does not say much other than stating that these are the 2 ways of doing
it.
>>
>> Thanks
>> Shishir
>
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