Re: Make downloading/uploading file members easier with FTP

On Thursday 25 April 2002 9:02 pm, Vernon Hamberg wrote:
> Just found a way to simplify (IMO) downloading file members. It depends
> on using NAMEFMT 1, which is IFS path naming. When you use this,
> physical files are handled like folders or directories. Once you change
> directory to the "file", you just use the member name in the get or put
> statement.
>
>  From your client (MS-DOS prompt, whatever)
>
> quote site namefmt 1
> cd /qsys.lib/yourlib.lib/yourfile.file
> get yourmbr.mbr yourmbr.ext
>
> If yourfile.file is a source file, you don't need to specify ascii for
> transfer type - it automatically converts to ascii.
>
>
> Vern Hamberg

Hi Vernon

It's even easier than that. You don't usually need to bother with the
namefmt as OS/400 detects & sets the convention needed according to the
directory name used. From a session started with the default namefmt 0:

ftp> cd /qsys.lib/mrowelib.lib/qrpglesrc.file
250-NAMEFMT set to 1.
250 "/QSYS.LIB/MROWELIB.LIB/QRPGLESRC.FILE" is current directory.

It certainly works from OS/400 or Linux ftp sessions, so I'm assuming
it'll work in DOS too.

Regards, Martin
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