Re: FTP script:

["Booth Martin" <Booth@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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Scott, my plan is to use the AS/400 FTP server to do all of it.  Thats the
only piece I can reliably control.   It is my intention to keep our PC
network people out of the loop on this because their world is such a moving
target.

The remote site has already set up their end of the piece (they say) so that
I can FTP from their directory with the inquiries generated by the web site.

The remaining stumbling block is getting the file down to the PC and I am
slowly changing my mind and thinking that letting the file reside on the
AS/400 is probably the safest solution anyway.  Its certainly the easiest
solution.



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Booth Martin   http://www.MartinVT.com
Booth@MartinVT.com
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-------Original Message-------

From: midrange-l@midrange.com
Date: Tuesday, February 12, 2002 11:58:05
To: midrange-l@midrange.com
Subject: Re: FTP script:

On Mon, 11 Feb 2002, Booth Martin wrote:
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> Any user logged onto the AS/400 with Client Access can run an FTP script

> from the AS/400. The AS/400 script should be able to do a GET from any web

> site allowing an FTP connection shouldn't it?

>

> Then the AS/400 should be able to PUT that file, shouldn't it?

>


Errr... the AS/400 "script" should be able to do a GET from any FTP
server. If your goal is to get from a web site, you'll need to use
HTTP software, not FTP software.

So, your plan is to run an FTP server on the PC, then have the AS/400 GET
the file from a remote server, and come back and FTP that same file to the
PC? Why not just run the FTP script on the PC, and skip the need for a
separate FTP server on the PC and a script on the AS/400?

Still, if you do want to involve the AS/400, and/or use HTTP to grab
things, I do have some (free) utilities that might help you:

http://klement.dstorm.net/ftpapi/
http://klement.dstorm.net/httpapi/

The nice thing about my utilities over a traditional FTP script is that
you can check for errors on each step of the session, as it's happening,
and display information to the user, etc.


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