RE: Using FTP: the best way

I have used FTPAPI too, and I consider it fantastic, when I had occasion to use 
it(up to about summer 2005). 

Like Francis said, you get control at the nitty-gritty level and you can catch 
errors as they happen, all that. I really appreciated having it available, and 
Scott Klement, yet again, gets a thousand points for getting it out there. 

--Alan



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[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Lapeyre, Francis
Sent: Thursday, April 27, 2006 2:40 PM
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Subject: RE: Using FTP: the best way


I just started using FTPAPI for a project. The project itself is still in
the QC phase, but I have had no problems with it. 

The reason I implemented it was the need to rename the downloaded files on
the fly (that's much easier accomplished in an RPG program than in CL).

I think that the main reason to use FTPAPI is error handling. Unless you
write your own error-handling routine to process the overridden OUTPUT log
file, there is no such thing using the FTP command in CL. I have my
application set up to page the on-call programmer if the number of files
downloaded is less than the number of files on the remote server (among
other errors), for example.

Scott includes a bunch of samples to help you get started, and from there it
was pretty easy. 


Francis Lapeyre
IS Dept. Programmer/Analyst
Stewart Enterprises, Inc.
E-mail: flapeyre@xxxxxxxx 


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[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Andres Colodrero
Sent: Thursday, April 27, 2006 1:16 PM
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Subject: Using FTP: the best way


I need conect to DHL ftp server, catch files, transfer to iseries files and
delete files into ftp server.

I have seen some methods, like "ovrdbf(input) using quote comand" or FTPAPI(
i test this apis, works very fine. I prefer FTPAPI (more control about
operations), but my boss (mmmmmm) prefers "ovrdbf inputs". But i dont have
used this methods.

whát´s the best way?.   



        
        
                
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