Re: FTP Automation - NAMEFMT

Hello Vernon,

Am 19.08.2020 um 03:03 schrieb Vernon Hamberg <vhamberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:

I hear your concern about not sending strange things to a non-IBM i server. I wonder about a parameter on the CHGFTPA command, I thought there was something that established the name formats there - now that would have implications, maybe - and I might be incorrect!!! :)

CHGFTPA is solely for configuring the server.

I wonder if it would be possible to expand NAMEFMT to have 2 parameters, one for local, one for remote - there are other subcommands with optional additional parameters - time for an RFE?

I guess, I'm one of the few who actually care about this issue.

Is there anything helpful if you were to use the SITE NAMEFMT 0 subcommand to turn it off on the server?

The server side is some Linux, it simply doesn't know about the NAMEFMT command. Depending on server implementation and application firewalls in front, I get a 550 Permission denied back, or an "unknown SITE command".

Another thought - Scott Klement has an FTPAPI service program that lets you use its functions and take action based on return codes. Richard Schoen had built a CL wrapper on it, so that can be done. This gives more flexibility than the OVRDBF STDIN method.

Thanks a lot! This is a good starting point, since Scott also has an older version online which I guess should run on my 150. :-) I'll have a look at it!

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