Re: Batch FTP Client Issue

[Alan Campin <alan0307d@xxxxxxxxx>]

If you have an interest, I have implemented an FTP transfer utility that
uses Scott's FTP client under  "FTP Objects between Systems" at
www.think400.dk/downloads.htm. Might give you some ideas.

On Tue, Dec 31, 2019 at 7:45 AM Mark Waterbury <
mark.s.waterbury@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>  Hi, Kevin,
>
> If you are just invoking the built-in IBM_i FTP client in batch, then it
> just reads from a "script" of input commands, and tries to execute them,
> one after another.  It does not know or care if errors occur.
>
> To really handle such situations properly, you should consider using a
> tool like Scott Klement's excellent LIBFTP (aka. FTPAPI ...).  See:
>
>      http://www.scottklement.com/ftpapi/
>
> for details.  It comes with lots of "sample" programs to illustrate its
> uses.   It was custom-designed to allow you to handle just such situations.
>
>
> Hope that helps,
>
> Mark S. Waterbury
>
>     On Tuesday, December 31, 2019, 10:12:27 AM EST, Kevin Monceaux <
> kevin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>  Midrange Fans,
>
> I've been noticing an occasional problem with batch FTPs where I work.  If
> any errors are encountered, the client seems to ignore them and continue to
> process the reset of the commands in the INPUT file member, then exits
> gracefully.  So even if a batch FTP fails, the batch job itself ends
> successfully.  Is there any way to set the FTP command to stop with an
> escape message if it encounters an error?
>
>
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