Re: FTP Status Message Details?

> I having a difficulty finding details for an FTP error message I am
> receiving in a batch FTP.
> The message appears intermittently when trying to get a certain file, see
> following log excerpt:
>
> > get myfilez99.div pfile99
> 200 PORT command successful.
> 550 myfilez99.div: error 23.
>
> Now I know from the IBM manual that 550 is "Requested action was not
taken;
> the file was not found (or no access)".
> So I think the file I'm trying to get is use when I'm trying to get it,
but
> I don't know what "error 23" means.
> Does anyone know where I find the meaning of the "error numbers".

Ivan-

550 is the clue you're looking for (see table below). FTP can't find the
file. Change directory or library first.
The following table is from the TCP/IP Config and Reference manual.

rp

+------------------------------------------------------------------------+
¦ Table 33. FTP Reply Codes
+------------------------------------------------------------------------¦
¦ Code        ¦ Description
+-------------+----------------------------------------------------------¦
<snip>
+-------------+----------------------------------------------------------¦
¦ 550         ¦ Requested action not taken; file not found or no access
+-------------+----------------------------------------------------------¦
<snip>



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