Re: Flaky FTP

["Jim Franz" <franz400@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I had a similar problem (not on a timer, but multiple ftp's in a row.
Found the AS400 was waiting for a response (looked in NETSTAT
and drilled into details). What response I don't know.
Rebooting pc did not always clear, and shutting down FTP and restarting
on AS400 did not always clear it. Wondered if firewall in middle was the
problem, but had no tech to work with. Never got to bottom of problem,
except that once I ftp'd the files to a server within the network, then from
internal Win server to the AS400, it always worked and never failed since.
Not a good solution, but it works.
jim franz
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <michael@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <pctech@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, October 31, 2005 1:40 PM
Subject: [PCTECH] Flaky FTP


> Here's my situation...I have a process that FTPs a file from a Windows
> XP client to an AS/400 (V5R1) every 15 minutes. Runs like a
> champ...does everything I want...except it's started getting flaky.
> Every 10 or so transfers, it doesn't move the data. Here's the script
> that runs on the XP client:
>
> user
> pass
> quote rcmd addlible mylib
> quote rcmd call parsetimex
> append c:\ta\punch.log hravfa/hptimein
> quote rcmd call parsetimec
> quit
>
> I've been running comm traces on the AS/400 and Ethereal on the XP
> client. When it fails, I don't see the append command; when it works, I
> do. It's almost like it doesn't recognize the append command when it
> fails. I'm baffled...any ideas? Or better ways of doing something like
> this?
>
> TIA...
>
>
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