Re: responding to a REALLY old message (was FTP naming conventions,IFS)

Patrick,

WOW! where did you get that old message (see september in the header?).
Been perusing the archives, have we?  ;)

thanks for the quick response!  <g>

rick

------original message-------
Richard,

The FTP standard calls for interpreting spaces as parameter delimiters. Use
quotes around the file names.

Patrick
----- Original Message -----
From: "Richard B Baird" <rbaird@esourceconsulting.com>
To: <midrange-l@midrange.com>
Sent: Thursday, September 26, 2002 1:00 PM
Subject: FTP naming conventions, IFS


>
> Hey all,
>
> I want to ftp something from the as/400 to somewhere else - i'm
automating
> the process using input scripts.
>
> my problem is that the files I want to PUT are in directories on the IFS
> that have imbedded spaces.
>
> for example:  /REPORTS/P&L FY 2002/filename.pdf
>
> FTP doesn't like spaces.  is there an escape charactor for ftp to process
> spaces?
>
> i have changed namefmt to 0.
>
> thanks,
>
> Rick