Re[3]: - Re[2]: FTP Check For File Existance

[keith mcintosh <keith_eh@xxxxxxxx>]

Here is IBMs Help on SUNIQUE.  The log will tell you
what the system called the file if it exists.

If you type HELP at the AS/400 command line, from
within a FTP CLIENT session, this will give you the
AS/400 FTP CLIENT help.
If you are connecting to the AS/400 from a PC , ie DOS
FTP, type REMOTE HELP.  This 
will give you AS/400 FTP SERVER help.

Hope this helps.


SUNIQUE (Control Overwriting of Files)                
                 
                                                      
                 
To control whether a file is overwritten when doing a
PUT or MPUT       
subcommand, use the SUNIQUE subcommand as follows:    
                 
                                                      
                 
                                                      
                 
                                                      
                 
    SUnique [0 | 1]                                   
                 
                                                      
                 
                                                      
                 
                                                      
                 
SUnique     You can abbreviate subcommands to the most
unique series of 
            characters.                               
                 
                                                      
                 
-           When no parameter is entered, SUNIQUE acts
like a toggle    
            switch.  The present setting is switched
to the opposite    
            value.                                    
                 
0           Overwrite the file if it exists.  This is
the default        
            setting.                                  
                  
                                                      
                  
            By default, SUNIQUE is set off.  This
means that if the      
            remote system already has a file with the
name specified by  
            remotefile on a PUT or MPUT subcommand,
the FTP server on    
            the remote system writes over the existing
file.             
                                                      
                  
1           Create a new file with a unique name. 
Existing files are    
            not overwritten.  Instead, a new file is
created on the      
            remote system and the FTP server on the
remote system sends  
            the name of the created file back to the
user.               
                                                      
                  
    Note:  If the remote system is an AS/400 system,
the created         
    File.Mbr names are formed by adding numbers to the
end of the member 
    name of the localfile specified in the PUT or MPUT
subcommand.       
    Thus, if the name NEWFILE.NEWMBR already exists on
the remote        
     system, the remote AS/400 system creates
NEWFILE.NEWMBR1 and writes 
     the data to it.                                  
                  
                                                      
                  
     If the name already exists, a new file is created
with a name       
     consisting of the specified file name and a
number suffix.  If the  
     name xfsname already exists on the remote system,
the remote AS/400 
     system creates xfsname1.                         
                  
                                                      
                  
 See   Unique Server Requirements for related
information.               



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