RE: FTP from PC to AS400

On this subject...  In a previous shop (Windows 95), I was able to use FTP
on the PC side to put / get files to / from the AS/400.  I used the Run
command from the Start menu, just entered FTP and I'd get a DOS-like,
character based entry screen, much like the one you get when you run FTP on
the AS/400.  

My new shop uses Windows NT 4.0 (my first experience with this) and trying
to run FTP from the PC side triggers MS Internet Explorer and brings up a
error window in the browser window that states: "Internet Explorer cannot
open the internet site ftp://ftp/.  The site was not found.  Make sure the
address is correct and try again."

What am I missing here?  On the Run command line, I have tried both just
"FTP" and "FTP as400hostname" with the same results.  Is this solvable by
installing & using something like WARFTP like someone else mentioned here
yesterday?

Oh, and I have never figured out how to use FTP on the AS/400 to send / get
files to / from the PC.  What do you use for a system name or address?  How
do you find that out?

TIA,
Dan Bale


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bryan Yates [SMTP:srprog3@co.collin.tx.us]
> Sent: Monday, April 10, 2000 5:59 PM
> To:   RPG400-L@midrange.com
> Subject:      Re: FTP from PC to AS400
> 
> 
> 
> Tom Tufankjian wrote:
> 
> > I want to run FTP from a PC using commands in a text file.  What
> parameters
> > do I need on the FTP command?
> 
> ftp -sfilename [host]
> 
> will work in most cases, but if you are going to login to an as400 you may
> also
> want to specify the '-n' parameter to suppress the automatic login
> process.
> 
> To get a full list of ftp options available, go to a cmd prompt and type
> ftp -?
> and you should get a complete list of command line options.
> 
> Bryan << File: Card for Bryan Yates >> 
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