Re: FTP manual and Regarding stream file on IFS -- MIDRANGE-L

Thanks for all these inputs here.

I just tried executing below command to copy from IFS path to a member in
my Library K211 which has a source physical file SR1 and a member with
name 'CALLSTACK2'

But it failed like below error:-

" Additional Message Information

Message ID . . . . . . : CPFA0A0 Severity . . . . . . . : 40

Message type . . . . . : Diagnostic

Date sent . . . . . . : 06/25/23 Time sent . . . . . . :
11:12:31

Message . . . . : Object already exists. Object is

/QSYS.LIB/K211.LIB/SR1.FILE/CALLSTACK2.MBR.

Cause . . . . . : A create operation was attempted on object

/QSYS.LIB/K211.LIB/SR1.FILE/CALLSTACK2.MBR. This object already exists.

Recovery . . . : Use a unique name for the object, and retry the
operation.

"

I have a unique name only 'CALLSTACK2' for the member still not sure why is
this error being shown.

Thanks..

On Sat, 24 Jun 2023 at 16:16, Rob Berendt <robertowenberendt@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

In the TOOBJ put /QSYS.LIB/MYLIB.LIB/MYFILE.FILE/MYMBR.MBR

On Thu, Jun 22, 2023 at 9:58 AM tim ken <timk2574@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Thanks for these suggestions...

Just to clarify I want the file which is already there on the IFS
Directory path , I want it to be copied into any qualified path let's say
into LIBA/SRCPF1 and into it's member 'xyz' .

but when I do option '3' for this file which is there on IFS Directory

path

then there is no such option available to move /copy it to the my

intended

library/source physical ?

what i see is like below:-

Copy Object (CPY)

Type choices, press Enter.

Object . . . . . . . . . . . . . OBJ >

'/home/K21/Callstack.txt'

To directory . . . . . . . . . . TODIR '.'

To object . . . . . . . . . . . TOOBJ

Symbolic link . . . . . . . . . SYMLNK *NO

From CCSID . . . . . . . . . . . FROMCCSID *OBJ

To CCSID . . . . . . . . . . . . TOCCSID *OBJ

Data Format . . . . . . . . . . DTAFMT *BINARY

Directory subtree . . . . . . . SUBTREE *NODIR

Replace object . . . . . . . . . REPLACE *NO

Owner . . . . . . . . . . . . . OWNER *NEW

Authority . . . . . . . . . . . AUT *OBJ

So it suggests to copy in to another IFS path not in to the

any

library/source physical file or no option to move it in to library/source
physical file and in'ts any member.

So if i want to achieve this then how to do so?

Thanks

On Wed, 21 Jun 2023 at 20:54, Raul Alberto Jager Weiler <
raul.jager@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Your user is k21, and the CD tries k211.

El mar, 20 de jun de 2023, 11:40, Buck Calabro <kc2hiz@xxxxxxxxx>
escribió:

On 6/20/2023 10:59 AM, tim ken wrote:

Hi,

Thanks.

I tried both but none worked to change current library and same

error(550)

i got: -

User (pub400.com:(none)): K21
331 Enter password.
Password:
230 K21 logged on.
ftp> QUOTE SITE NAMEFMT 1
250 Now using naming format "1".
ftp> cd k211
550-Specified directory does not exist or cannot be accessed.
550 Working directory not changed.
ftp> QUOTE SITE NAMEFMT 0
550 Current directory requires name format 1.
ftp> QUOTE SITE NAMEFMT 1
250 Now using naming format "1".
ftp> cd k211
550-Specified directory does not exist or cannot be accessed.
550 Working directory not changed.
ftp>

The initial request was for a manual reference. All IBM i manuals are

in

the Knowledge Center: https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/i/7.4 If one is
unfamiliar with the way IBM organise titles, try the searches. In

this

specific case, FTP is documented under Networking > TCP/IP

applications,

protocols, and services > FTP on IBM i:
https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/i/7.4?topic=services-ftp-i Very few IBM
manuals are tutorials with step-by-step instructions. They tend to be
reference material, to remind one of the exact syntax for this or

that.

I think the reference you are looking for is here:
https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/i/7.4?topic=i-ftp-reference-information

The advice you've received to 'learn FTP' is sound, but somewhat
spartan. NAMEFMT is probably the one thing that confuses newcomers.

The

default is NAMEFMT 0 - LIBRARY/FILE(MEMBER). The IBM FTP server will
switch over to NAMEFMT 1 if the very first FTP subcommand that has a
file parameter specifies that file with a slash or tilde. Or, of

course,

if you issue your own NAMEFMT 1, as was done here. In NAMEFMT 1, one
specifies only IFS paths, so

/QSYS.LIB/LIBRARY.LIB/FILE.FILE/MEMBER.MBR

Do note the leading slash!

Let's take a peep at the session above. It specifies NAMEFMT 1, which
means IFS paths. Then, cd k211 is issued. Since there's no leading
slash, that makes this a /relative/ reference - change to the k211
directory that's inside the current directory the session is already

in.

That's your home IFS directory up on the PUB400 server. Not your

current

library, but your home directory. DSPUSRPRF K21, page down to the

very

bottom and there's your home directory. For the sake of example,

let's

assume it's /home/K21. The 'cd k211' command is trying to change the
current directory to /home/K21/k211 - which clearly does not exist.

Try a new FTP session. If you want to manipulate

LIBRARY/FILE(MEMBER),

don't issue NAMEFMT 1 and don't CD /somedir. Make the very first FTP
subcommand that you issue be a CD LIBRARY and you'll see the

confirmation.

--buck

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