RE: Automate FTP

[Rich Brown <RBrown@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Jim,

The article that Leo pointed you towards is interesting.  Look at the
conclusion very carefully.  This article says that you have recovery
issues when using the text based FTP scripting proposed by this article
(and by people like Julian Moneypenny or other solutions that may be
promoted on this list).  Any time you use text based FTP scripting you
will not be able to take any recovery until after your session has
ended.  There are so many types of problems that we have seen pop up
that I am certain that you will end up making modifications to your
"post-session analysis program".  

Verification of the success of your transfer is important but the
products listed in the article only work if used on both ends.  The
question that you need to ask yourself is "Do I slap in a cheap fling
and pray solution or a reliable one?"

Read this month's Midrange Computing Product Close-up of ZMOD FTP.Client
on page 117.  I do work for TrailBlazer and the majority of the
companies who have purchased ZMOD FTP.Client did so because they are
tired of maintaining programs and were looking for the verification not
only on the file transfer, but every FTP command.  I am not suggesting
that writing your own solution won't work, but be prepared for long-term
maintenance if you do.

    
Rich Brown
TrailBlazer Systems 
(770)850-6966
www.softwarejungle.com


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Leo Lefebvre [SMTP:leo@tug.on.ca]
> Sent: Thursday, October 22, 1998 3:20 PM
> To:   MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com; Thibault Dambrine
> Subject:      Re: Automate FTP
> 
> Jim,
> 
> Check our home page, we had someone who had writen an article in our
> newslletter
> on that topic back in May 1998 and then updated it. This updated
> version is our
> current feature on our site.
> 
> 
> jim_anderson@kandkinsurance.com wrote:
> 
> > Is there is way that I can automate a file transfer from the AS/400
> to an
> > FTP Site?
> >
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