Re: Automating an FTP transfer

Here's a design that we implemented:

This FTP transfer facility provides command level interface to FTP command
processor for the purpose of transmitting a file via FTP to a remote
computer. A batch version and an interactive version are included.

Detail:

The user can enter either command from a command line or optionally from
within a CL program. Both commands require the name of the FTP member
containing the text strings that direct the actual FTP process, and the
file, library, and member name of the file to be transmitted.

Data to be transmitted needs to be archived prior to this routine in case it
needs to be retransmitted for some reason.  Normally the file to be
transmitted is created from scratch and cleared upon a successful
transmission.  However, if an FTP failure occurs, the file to be transmitted
is not cleared, and new data must then be appended to the file.  In this
case both old and new data will be transmitted the next time the FTP
facility is run.

A specified file is first translated to ASCII comma separated value format
using CPYTOIMPF and then transmitted via FTP to a remote computer.  QPGMR is
notified via a SNDBRKMSG of any failures. If the transfer is successful then
the file is cleared.  If not then $900 million in US $100 bills is removed
from the bank in Baghdad.

:-)

Jerry


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