Re: Is there a user exit or something similar that I can use to monitor when a FTP command is complete? -- MIDRANGE-L

Hi Paul

This is a good recommendation, the standard one that IBM have suggested.

I do still prefer Scott Klement's FTP API - because you don't have to wait until the process is done to respond to problems. Every FTP subcommand is run using a function in the SRVPGM, with return codes that let your program handle whatever comes up along the way. My former boss, Richard Schoen, wrote a set of CL commands that can be called instead of the API functions.

The thing I mentioned to Darryl was, take any script, read through it, then take the parameters and put them into the function parameters - it's amazing to be able to manage the process a step at a time.

I remember that Visual Basic had something like this - every step was a call that you were able to react to.

The SRVPGM also does not use the system's FTP facilities, by the way.

Cheers
Vern

On 9/8/2020 6:58 PM, Steinmetz, Paul via MIDRANGE-L wrote:

Use the OVRDBF, one for STDIN and one for STDOUT.
Then write something that will read through STDOUT, looking for positives and/or negatives.

Example of an STDOUT.

227 Entering Passive Mode (192,168,X,X)
150 Opening BINARY mode data connection for ListBoxes.new (19832317 bytes).
226 Transfer complete.
19832317 bytes transferred in 1.854 seconds. Transfer rate 10699.838 KB/sec.
Enter an FTP subcommand.

quit

221-You have transferred 19832317 bytes in 1 files.
221-Total traffic for this session was 19832829 bytes in 1 transfers.
221-Thank you for using the FTP service on app.
221 Goodbye.

Paul

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Subject: Re: Is there a user exit or something similar that I can use to monitor when a FTP command is complete?

Hi Darryl

I have been thinking, if you have a PF that has the FTP commands, and you use the OVRDBF of STDIN to that file, then maybe make a program that reads through the PF member and makes the subcommands there into parameters for the functions in the service program - that might leverage what has been done before.

Regards
Vern

On 9/8/2020 1:24 PM, a4g atl wrote:

They standard used was QTEMP/QFTPLOG.
Darryl.

On Tue, Sep 8, 2020 at 2:22 PM Alan Campin <alan0307d@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Is the file a real file. Nor a print? Maybe. If real is file ibm file?
Almost sure not.

On Tue, Sep 8, 2020, 10:56 AM Steve McKay <samckay1@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Could you add a trigger program to the FTP log file that checks each

record

written for 4xx and 5xx return codes? If found, send a message/do
some error recovery/restart the process/whatever it is you need to do.

Thanks,

Steve McKay
(205) 585-8424
samckay1@xxxxxxxxx

On Tue, Sep 8, 2020 at 1:07 PM Marco Facchinetti <
marco.facchinetti@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Hi Darryl, I guess "scripts" means using IBM i Ftp client
redirecting input and output to src files.

If that is the case the answer to your question is no, the only
Exit

Point

available to IBM i Ftp client (and server too) is a requests
validation exit point. The request validation exit points can be
used to restrict operations which can be performed by FTP users.

More info at:

https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/ssw_ibm_i_74/rzaiq/rzaiqp
svrep.htm

So I guess Alan's answer is the right suggestion. Since you
probably

have

to change a lot of programs don't waste your time tweaking the
scripts

but

change them into something usable via Scott Klemets Ftpapi service

program.

(thanks Scott!)

HTH
--
Marco Facchinetti

Mr S.r.l.

Tel. 035 962885
Cel. 393 9620498

Skype: facchinettimarco

Il giorno mar 8 set 2020 alle ore 18:03 a4g atl
<a4ginatl2@xxxxxxxxx>

ha

scritto:

I have reviewed those procedures and have my own utilities that I

developed

years ago. MyFTP scripts are not the issue. Its the scripts
created

before

my time that I have to work on.

Darryl.

On Tue, Sep 8, 2020 at 11:56 AM Alan Campin <alan0307d@xxxxxxxxx>

wrote:

Have you looked at Scott Kelments FTP Api? It executes the FTP
step

by

step

and is designed so that you can determine if the step worked

correctly.

If

you go to www.think400.dk/downloads.htm and look for project

FTPOBJ

between systems there is an example of using the API.

On Tue, Sep 8, 2020 at 8:41 AM a4g atl <a4ginatl2@xxxxxxxxx>

wrote:

I need a immediate response to read the log file. On many of the

FTP

scripts before my time, the logs were not saved, so I would like

to

break

in and scan the log file.

It seems this is not do-able?

Darryl.

On Fri, Sep 4, 2020 at 7:18 AM Rob Berendt <rob@xxxxxxxxx>

wrote:

Could you query netstat_info and determine that the ftp port

for

that

job

is dormant?

https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/ssw_ibm_i_74/rzajq/rzajqs
ervicestcpip.htm

Rob Berendt
--
IBM Certified System Administrator - IBM i 6.1 Group Dekko Dept
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Ft. Wayne, IN 46818
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We have many FTP processes and we need to know when the FTP

command

has

completed so that we can read the FTP log and look for

failures.

To save modifying hundreds of programs, if there were

something

like

an

exit point that can tell me the transmission is complete, I

could

then

call

a program to read the log and advise if there is a failure.

TIA
Darryl Freinkel
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