Re: PTF Download from i5

[Jerry Adams <jerry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Bryan,

Thanks.  I've downloaded, and I'll take a look.

However, I think there is something else going on here.  Yesterday I 
used the web browser (Firefox) FTP client to download some of the 
images.  Images 1 and 2 were downloaded by the utility that I wrote and 
matched the IBM documentation's byte count.  Image 3 was downloaded via 
the web browser, and it, too, matched.

Image 4, which was downloaded via the web browser, did *not* match the 
documentation.  So I re-downloaded it overnight.  The byte count is 
still not as advertised; in addition the second download of image 4 
differs from the first download of the same image.  Again, both were 
downloaded using the web browser's FTP client option.

For what it's worth, image 5 of the cume was, also, downloaded via the 
web browser last night, and it's byte count matches the IBM 
documentation.  I am downloading image 4 for the third time as I type 
this reply.

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Bryan Dietz wrote:
> Jerry I wrote a set of programs that makes(at least I think they do) 
> download from IBM's iPTF site easier.
> Have a look at GETiPTF from here:
>
> http://home.columbus.rr.com/jbmmdietz/iseries.html
>
> Bryan
>
>
> Jerry Adams said the following on 4/14/2008 5:39 PM:
>   
> > I am trying, for the first time, to download the latest cume for V5R4M0 
> > via an FTP script that is used by a CL program ala:
> >
> > OVRDBF     FILE(INPUT) TOFILE(CROWLIB/QFTPSRC) MBR(PTFS)
> > FTP        RMTSYS('PTF.BOULDER.IBM.COM')               
> >
> > The script itself is:
> >
> >     
>
>
> Bryan
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