Re: Automated FTP

["Patrick Townsend" <patownsend@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Ron,

We do FTP automation in our FTP Manager product. It also has a service
program with bindable FTP functions. You can make any ILE program
FTP-capable. More information here: http://www.patownsend.com

Patrick
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IBM AS/400 communications, FTP automation, and eCommerce
software and consulting services.

http://www.patownsend.com

----- Original Message -----
From: <Ron.Hudson@ColAik.com>
To: <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com>
Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2001 11:13 AM
Subject: Automated FTP


> We are discussing a project where I will need to FTP a file to a Digital
> Alpha server
> automatically every hour.  The last time I did this was in 1997.  Sample
> CLP below.
>
> OVRDBF     FILE(INPUT) TOFILE(EGPL/QCLSRC) MBR(FTPCMDS)
> OVRDBF     FILE(OUTPUT) TOFILE(EGPL/QCLSRC) MBR(FTPOUT)
>
> FTP        RMTSYS(ALPHA)
>
> This works, but my dislike is checking for errors.  To determine if there
were any
> problems with the transfer, you had to interrogate the FTPOUT.  With this
being an
> automated process, having a program to read the FTPOUT looking for errors
isn't the
> best of solutions in my opinion.
>
> Is there a better way to handle this?
>
> Thanks
> Ron Hudson
> Ron.Hudson@colaik.com
>
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