Re: SFTP using expect.

[Jack Woehr <jwoehr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

But really after rereading Gerald's original message, probably expect is
just timing out waiting for the next string. Check your timeout values..

On Wed, Feb 15, 2023 at 9:07 AM Jim Oberholtzer <midrangel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> Consider also checking your firewall settings.  Many firewalls will suspect
> nefarious transfers when many small files or one very large one goes
> across.  It happens so often with the newer firewalls it's getting to be a
> knee jerk reaction.
>
> --
> Jim Oberholtzer
> Chief Technical Architect
> Agile Technology Architects
>
>
> On Wed, Feb 15, 2023 at 9:57 AM Gerald Magnuson <
> gmagqcy.midrange@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
> > we are switching from FTPs to SFTP.
> > sometimes we have a large number of files to receive.
> > and the files have very long file names.
> >
> > we use "MGET *.edi"   to perform the receive.
> >
> > it _appears_ that after about 10 or 12 files, the process dies.  The
> > expect log  appears that it just "filled up".   if we have less than that
> > number
> > of files, the process works just fine.
> >
> > does EXPECT have some limit in the size of data it will process?