RE: Win2K Pro FTP server recommendations

[Ian Scotson <iscotson@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

The reason i was after using FTP was that it should be fairly
robust, quick, AND is a plain vanilla solution.

Whilst i'm tempted to have a look at your solution, and
im sure it would be technically elegant ( and who doesnt
like those solutions?), im after something that is simple,
and easy for others to maintain/manage/understand.

If something goes wrong, or needs to be changed on the
FTP script ( eg: in CL ), it would be pretty easy for almost
any AS400 guy/girl to fix/change without too much research.

It could also be run interactively if things got really iffy.


Regards

Ian.


-----Original Message-----
From:   Pete Hall [SMTP:pbhall@ameritech.net]
Sent:   Monday, 16 December 2002 5:14
To:     midrange-l@midrange.com
Subject:        Re: Win2K Pro FTP  server recommendations

At 00:31 12/15/2002, Ian Scotson wrote:

>Hi guys,
>
>I'm looking at a job that needs to transfer a CSV file from
>a DB400 file to a Win2K pro PC for eventual sending to
>a number of Retail stores via s/ware on the Win2K Pro PC.
>
>It has been currently done via ODBC into access, then moved
>via a Mapped drive method - very messy to me and damn
>slow  - mainly im told because a RMTCMD wouldnt work
>because of Conflicting OCX type problems?

I've been using the NTFS file system to do jobs like that when they need to
be initiated from the iSeries side. There are wrappers for the needed API
functions in the Unix module of iseries-toolkit
http://sourceforge.net/projects/iseries-toolkit/ that make it really easy
to do. You need to adopt a user profile that has an identical password on
both systems, but the toolkit also contains a Usrprf module that makes that
easy enough. I've got a generic example if you're interested.


Pete Hall
pbhall@ameritech.net
http://www.pbhall.us/

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