Re: ftp quote command not working

[Vern Hamberg <vhamberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

It is possible to suppress individual FTP functions in Application 
Administration of iSeries Navigator. I saw one for CL commands under FTP 
server. I don't know whether this affects you when you are on the 400 
itself, however.

HTH
Vern

At 11:56 AM 3/4/2004 -0600, you wrote:
> I'm trying to automate transmitting a save file to a client machine.  I've
> written an ftp script that works with most clients, but one client doesn't
> like the quote command.  I cannot get any quote command to execute
> successfully.
>
> Sample ftp script:
> quote rcmd SNDMSG TOUSR(QPGMR) MSG(Hello)
> quote time 500
>
> ftp log from sample script:
> 257 "QGPL" is current library.
> Enter an FTP subcommand.
> > quote rcmd SNDMSG TOUSR(QPGMR) MSG(Hello)
> 500 Syntax error, command unrecognized: 'rcmd SNDMSG TOUSR(QPGMR)
>  MSG(Hello)'
> Enter an FTP subcommand.
> > quote time 500
> 500 Syntax error, command unrecognized: 'time 500'
> Enter an FTP subcommand.
>
> Local and remote machines at v5r2.  I can initiate the ftp communication
> successfully. The binary/put command works successfully.  I cannot find if
> the quote command can be restricted anywhere on the iSeries.  Doesn't seem
> to have an ftp exit point configured.  Same results when I manually type in
> the ftp commands as in sample script.
>
> If I telnet to client machine and perform ftp '127.0.0.1' then the quote
> commands execute successfully.
>   257 "QGPL" is current library.
> > quote time 500
>   250 Inactivity time-out set to 500 seconds.
>
> Any help is appreciated,
> Thanks,
> Bruce in AR
>
>
>
>
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