Re: responding to a REALLY old message (was FTP namingconventions,IFS)

["Patrick Townsend" <patownsend@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Sorry bout that! It WAS a really old message. I'm just coming up for air
after a fairly intense development cycle. I've gotta get eyeballs, brain and
hands working together again....

Patrick

----- Original Message -----
From: "Richard B Baird" <rbaird@esourceconsulting.com>
To: "Midrange Systems Technical Discussion" <midrange-l@midrange.com>
Sent: Thursday, January 30, 2003 4:50 AM
Subject: Re: responding to a REALLY old message (was FTP naming
conventions,IFS)


>
> Patrick,
>
> WOW! where did you get that old message (see september in the header?).
> Been perusing the archives, have we?  ;)
>
> thanks for the quick response!  <g>
>
> rick
>
> ------original message-------
> Richard,
>
> The FTP standard calls for interpreting spaces as parameter delimiters.
Use
> quotes around the file names.
>
> Patrick
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Richard B Baird" <rbaird@esourceconsulting.com>
> To: <midrange-l@midrange.com>
> Sent: Thursday, September 26, 2002 1:00 PM
> Subject: FTP naming conventions, IFS
>
>
> >
> > Hey all,
> >
> > I want to ftp something from the as/400 to somewhere else - i'm
> automating
> > the process using input scripts.
> >
> > my problem is that the files I want to PUT are in directories on the IFS
> > that have imbedded spaces.
> >
> > for example:  /REPORTS/P&L FY 2002/filename.pdf
> >
> > FTP doesn't like spaces.  is there an escape charactor for ftp to
process
> > spaces?
> >
> > i have changed namefmt to 0.
> >
> > thanks,
> >
> > Rick
>
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