RE: Batch FTP Fails, Interactive works - what to change?

["Jonathan Mason" <jonathan.mason@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

FTP uses two standard files, INPUT and OUTPUT, for accepting commands and
echoing back the results of the commands.  By default INPUT is the keyboard
and OUTPUT is the display.

To run a script you have to override the INPUT file to a source member prior
to calling the FTP command.  For example:

        OVRDBF INPUT TOFILE(QGPL/QFTPSRC) MBR(MYSCRIPT)
        FTP '127.0.0.1'

By doing this the script is executed and the echo is sent to the display.
When you submit to batch you no longer have a screen to echo the script
results, so you have to override the OUTPUT file too:

        OVRDBF INPUT TOFILE(QGPL/QFTPSRC) MBR(MYSCRIPT)
        OVRDBF OUTPUT TOFILE(QGPL/QFTPSRC) MBR(MYSCRPTLOG)
        FTP '127.0.0.1'

Now when you submit it, a new source member, MYSCRPTLOG, will be created
with the results of the FTP.

All the best

Jonathan

-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jim Essinger
Sent: 04 October 2006 20:49
To: midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Batch FTP Fails, Interactive works - what to change?

Greetings all,

I am new to FTP, and I am tying to set up a batch FTP using a script file.
When I run interactive - the FTP works fine.  I am not prompted for
anything, it just starts loading the files from the remote system to my IFS
directory,   When I submit to batch I get a message that "Program contains
commands only valid when run interactively."

Here are the entries from my script file;

user  userid password
namefmt 1
lcd /ptfcatalog
ascii
cd /ibmpath/to/ptf/images/c
get ftpSF99539.txt
get ilstSF99539.txt
binary
get SF99539_1.bin
get SF99539_2.bin
get SF99539_3.bin
get SF99539_4.bin
get SF99539_5.bin
get SF99539_6.bin
quit


I have tried with and with out a blank line to start, and both fail on
batch.  I look in the log file, and there are no entries.

Anyone run into this before and/or can help me?


Thanks!
--
Jim Essinger
Senior Programmer/Analyst
UnLtd / SLFI / IMA
PO Box 730
Fruitland, ID  83619
208-452-4058 x133
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