Re: FTP using MPUT to unix does not allow wild card

Hi Jim,

Assuming this is a scripted FTP, you could take another approach. You could write a program that gets teh list of filenames (maybe via DSPOBJD to an *OUTFILE) and builds separate PUT statements for each file.

Obviously, that's more work... just something to consider.


Jim Essinger wrote:

Thanks for all the replies.

Tried to use NA 1 and /qsys.lib/backup.lib/*01.savf as the input for MPUT.
It fails with the same error message.

I changed a couple of the save file names to S01xxxxxxx and then tried

na 0
lcd backup
bin
mput s01*.savf

That got the results that I am looking for, except now I have to change my
save generation naming.

I guess I will work with the limitation, although I don't like it much! ;^p

Jim

On Wed, Jul 29, 2009 at 3:40 PM, John McKee <jmmckee@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

How about using NA 1
and then put /qsys.lib/.....


I am only guessing, but I believe that the message you get is trying to
tell you
that the * character is invalid for a library/filename. By using NA 1,
you step
over that.

John McKee

Quoting Jim Essinger <dilbernator@xxxxxxxxx>:

I am trying to put a group of save files on a server, and it will not

allow

me to us mput and specify *01.savf as the generic name.

When I connect from the i5/os FTP it allows me to log in, then I get the
following message;

UNIX Type: L8

When I use PUT and the entire file name, the file gets sent. When I use

the

MPUT *01.savf command I get the following error;

Character (*) is not allowed in object name.

Can I not use a wild card with MPUT to this type of file system? Is

there

another wild card to use that means the same thing? I don't want to send
all the save files to the server, just the ones that are named ending in

01

(I have 01, 02 through 10 as generations of saves).

I searched the archives and thought that I could use the * for a wild

card.

Any thoughts?

Jim
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