RE: Flaky FTP

[michael@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

Thanks Nick...I may go in that direction. These are just csv files that
I bring up to a PF on the AS/400, and then process them with an RPG
program. I could do a net use to a shared directory on the IFS, and
then CPYFRMSTMF from there.

> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: RE: [PCTECH] Flaky FTP
> From: "Nick Blattner" <nick.blattner@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Mon, October 31, 2005 2:18 pm
> To: "PC Technical Discussion for iSeries Users" <pctech@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> Mike
> 
> I've been saving libraries to savf's, then using the NFS file system to
> mount a drive on a Linux box,  then running CPYTOSTMF to copy them to
> that box.  You would need NFS server for XP which is part of the Windows
> Resource Kit.
> 
> I've been running it for the last few weeks without any problems,  might
> be worth exploring if there isn't a resolution to the ftp problem. 
> 
> Nick Blattner
> 
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> -----Original Message-----
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> On Behalf Of michael@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Monday, October 31, 2005 10:41 AM
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> 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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