Re: Get in FTPAPI succeeds but file is empty

[Vernon Hamberg <vhamberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

You have a different file name on your end - upisavf, right? In your 
WhereToPut variable. When doing this manually, you don't specify a file 
on this end - it will be SPECFILE68.BIN.

What am I missing?

On 2/25/2014 3:17 PM, Thomas Garvey wrote:
> Yes, by manually I mean using the IBM FTP client on the same IBM i where
> I am using FTPAPI.
>
> Here are the FTPAPI commands I'm sending...
>
> ftp_logging(ftp: *on);
>
> ftp = ftp_conn('ftpsite.com' : 'username' : 'password' );
>
> DirToUse = 'ftpsite.com/downloads/Spec-Directory/ ';
> if ftp_chdir(ftp: DirToUse ) < 0;
>     Msg = ftp_errorMsg(ftp);
>     ftp_quit(ftp);
>     *InLR = *on;
>     return;
> endif;
>
> ftp_binaryMode(ftp: *on);
>
> FileToGet = 'SPECFILE68.bin';
> WhereToPut = 'upisavf   (replace' ;
> if ftp_get(ftp: FileToGet : WhereToPut  ) < 0;
>     Msg = ftp_errorMsg(ftp);
>     ftp_quit(ftp);
>     *inlr = *on;
>     return;
> endif;
>
> ftp_quit(ftp);
>
>
> Here's the commands from the log...
> 0: FTPAPI version 2.3 released on 2010-05-27
> 0: 220 ProFTPD 1.3.3g Server (Main FTP Server) [71.18.107.138]
> 0: > USER username
> 0: 331 Password required for username
> 0: > PASS **********
> 0: 230 User username logged in
> 0: > CWD ftpsite.com/downloads/Spec-Directory/
> 0: 250 CWD command successful
> 0: > TYPE I
> 0: 200 Type set to I
> 0: > PORT 192,168,0,5,50,144
> 0: 200 PORT command successful
> 0: > RETR SPECFILE68.bin
> 0: 150 Opening BINARY mode data connection for SPECFILE68.bin (15434496
> bytes)
> 0: 226 Transfer complete
> 0: > QUIT
> 0: 221 Goodbye.
>
> The only thing I see different between the 'manual' method and the log
> from FTPAPI is I don't see a message about PASV mode being entered.  I'm
> ignorant of what that might mean, or if it's pertinent.
>
> Thanks for any advice, Scott.
>
> Thomas Garvey
>
>
> On 2/25/2014 2:53 PM, Scott Klement wrote:
> > When you say "doing this manually", I assume you mean that you're using
> > the IBM FTP client instead of FTPAPI.
> >
> > Can you tell me how to reproduce the problem?
> >
> >
> > On 2/25/2014 2:45 PM, Thomas Garvey wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > Using Scott Klement's FTPAPI Service program I am downloading a file
> > > from an ftp site to a save file on our IBM i system.  The GET command
> > > succeeds but the receiving save file is empty.
> > > When I do the steps manually, it works.  When issued as procedure calls
> > > using FTPAPI the file is empty.
> > >
> > > What am I missing?
> > >
> > >
> > > (Yes, I use the binary command and the (replace on the get command).
> > >
> > > Any ideas?
> > >
> > > Thomas Garvey