Re: FTP Case-sensitivity

["Peter Dow (ML)" <maillist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Francis,

For now I'm doing something similar with a homegrown FTPFILE command,
but I'd like to use Scott's FTPAPI, especially because I can check for
errors after each FTP command.  I've downloaded it and put it on an
iSeries, and briefly looked at it but haven't had time to use it.  Soon
I hope.

Peter Dow
Dow Software Services, Inc.
909 793-9050 voice
909 793-4480 fax

Lapeyre, Francis wrote:
> I just switched to using Scott Klement's FTPAPI. What you an do there is get
> a directory listing, loop through it and choose the files to GET. In your
> case, you could, in RPG, %XLATE the name you get back from the M$ server to
> upper case to compare to an upper-case name. 
>
>
> Francis Lapeyre
> IS Dept. Programmer/Analyst
> Stewart Enterprises, Inc.
> E-mail: flapeyre@xxxxxxxx 
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Peter Dow (ML)
> Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2006 11:46 AM
> To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
> Subject: FTP Case-sensitivity
>
> Hi Everyone,
>
> Just learned something yesterday about Microsoft FTP Server 5.0.  I had an
> iSeries FTP script that was using the GET command to get a file from MS FTP
> Server 5.0 and had to change it to use MGET.  The file name for the GET was
> ShippedOrders.csv; for the MGET I changed it to ShippedOrders*.
>
> The GET worked fine whether the remote file was named shippedorders.csv or
> Shippedorders.csv or ShippedOrders.csv.
>
> The MGET failed unless the remote file was named ShippedOrders.csv or
> ShippedOrders.xyz.csv etc.
>
> The DIR command worked like the MGET.
>
> Just thought I'd pass that tidbit on.  I knew Unix/Linux was case-sensitive;
> I didn't know MS was 1/3 case-insensitive, 2/3 case-sensitive, at least with
> their FTP server.
>
> Peter Dow
> Dow Software Services, Inc.
> 909 793-9050 voice
> 909 793-4480 fax