Re: Error 501- Unknown extension in database file name

In the interest of teaching how to fish, to the Original Poster - I suggest you see what the 501 message says and analyze the text - it says there is an invalid extension - what is an extension? It is the part of a file name that follows the last period (dot), right? In the *put* subcommand here, what are the extensions? I see one, "txt" - the other one is supposed to be an object type, that's what the extensions are on the i - so extensions there in name format 1 will be something like "lib" or "file" or "mbr".

The FTP manual on the Knowledge Base site for IBM i has excellent info on the subcommands, like "put". And on name formats. Here's the 7.5 version - https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/ssw_ibm_i_75/pdf/rzaiqpdf.pdf

Hope this is generally useful!
Vern

On 6/30/2023 7:20 AM, Rob Berendt wrote:

If you are trying to create a new PF this way you may have troubles.
When you go directly this way it's like this
/QSYS.LIB/MYLIB.LIB/MYFILE.FILE/MYMEMBER.MBR
So if you trying to send
put mytextfile.txt mysoyrcefile.mytextfile
mysoyrcefile has to exist, has to be specified with mysoyrcefile.file, and
you have to separate mysoyrcefile.file from mytextfile.mbr with a slash.
And why do I have a sudden urge for Chinese food?

On Fri, Jun 30, 2023 at 3:22 AM tim ken<timk2574@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Hi,

When trying to FTP a text file from local desktop to IBM i getting error
'Unknown extension in database file name.'

just before 22 PORT subcommand request successful.
and then suddenly above error.

I was able to login to the server and was able to to quotesite namefmt 1
lcd c:\temp
LCD directory now C:\Temp

ftp>cd /QSYS.LIB/Mylib.lib
250 "/QSYS.LIB/Mylib.lib" is current library.
ftp>put mytextfile.txt mysoyrcefile.mytextfile (replace
200 PORT subcommand request successful.
501 Unknown extension in database file name.


Any suggestions to resolve this error please?

Thanks much..
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