Re: FTP GET Failing on Large Save Files

["Mike Shaw" <mshaw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Jay,

Save files have to be transferred via FTP as a binary file.  Before issuing
the GET, did you use the BINary FTP subcommand?

Regards,

Mike Shaw
Senior AS/400 Technical Support Specialist
North American Mortgage
Santa Rosa, CA

----- Original Message -----

> Morning,
>
> Has anyone had a problem with a DOS issued FTP GET failing on large save
> files from AS/400's? I am having a problem with 2 different 400's, both on
> v4r4. One I am connected via an Intranet and am behind a fiewall, and the
> other through the Internet. The amount of data transfered each time before
> it hangs is variable, anywhere from 500K to 5 meg. Most of the time the
> error is 'Connection closed by remote', though once in a while it is a 426
> error. My client is a Win2K machine. I FTP GET large files all the time
with
> GUI clients from other platforms and never have a problem.
>
> I have searched the midrange list and the only similar hit I got was a HUB
> causing an error on a PUT operation.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jay Peasley
>


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