Patrick,
I think scp will work. I tried the commands you suggested and I get the error that the file or directory does not exist, which is correct since the file is only available for download once a month. I get the same results from both the CL program and in the QP2TERM window. I am trying to contact the bank now to have them put a test file on the SFTP site so I can make sure this will work.
Thanks so much for your help!! I will let you know what happens.
Terry Anderson
message: 5
date: Mon, 9 Mar 2020 15:13:10 +0100
from: Patrik Schindler <poc@xxxxxxxxxx>
subject: Re: Strange SFTP behavior
Hello Terry,
Am 09.03.2020 um 14:37 schrieb Terry Anderson <Terry.Anderson@xxxxxxxxx>:
First let me say I don't know a lot about SFTP. It is not something we use a lot around here.
Okay. Then I'd recommend to try to replace the clumsy sftp with scp, which is essentially the same.
My understanding on how the command in the CL program is supposed to work is, once the connection is made the script on my IFS which is called. That scrip is /BankName/scriptname.sftp. For clarity purposes , I should have called it /IFS_DIRECTORY/scriptname.sftp. Sorry for the confusion.
Ah, okay. Thanks for clarification.
scriptname.sftp contains the lines below.
get "FILE NAME.*" /IFS_DIRECTORY/download.txt exit
Are there truly blanks in the file name? Could be troublesome.
No other changes have taken place on the system. Like I said before, I can copy and paste the command from the CL program directly into the QP2TERM window and it works. It fails every time when running from the CL.
I understand. I can't just see what might be the problem. It must be some variable or wildcard expansion which suddenly fails. Or, there was a coincidental change at the remote side, maybe? For a reason beyond me, "Bank File Name.*" apparently matches /. A rough guess could be that the directory you're accessing suddenly contains a subdirectory which also matches on "Bank File Name.*".
May I ask you to try:
scp -r user@xxxxxxxx:"Bank File Name.*" /IFS_Directory/
and see what will actually be downloaded. Next, try
scp user@xxxxxxxx:"Bank File Name.*" /IFS_Directory/download.txt
as (temporary) debugging aid in your script.
I'm curious about the outcome!
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