Allright, this is not a rpg issue but as far as I know rpg programmers usually know a lot about the other topics in iSeries job controlling and commands etc. etc. So I dare to ask you experts does somebody know how to ftp file from AS/400 folder to NT folder? I have a clue that it's possible but haven't find any solution to that.
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FTP from iSeries folder to NT folder 1
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FTP on the AS/400 (in general):
Working with the FTP Client:
"When once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the Earth with your eyes turned skyward, for here you have been, and there you will always long to return."
--Leonardo da Vinci
Working with the FTP Client:
"When once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the Earth with your eyes turned skyward, for here you have been, and there you will always long to return."
--Leonardo da Vinci
I do it every night. I have a program that backs up our libraries to savefiles and then I ftp the savefiles down to a network share so I can backup them up to a network storage device.
This is what I've done:
I created a batch file with the following entry:
ftp -s:ftp.txt 192.168.1.2
note: 192.168.1.2 is the AS400/Iseries' IP address
-s: switch tells it look at a text file for the
commands to run. The text file in this example
is named ftp.txt
I then created the ftp.txt file in notepad that contains the following:
as400usernamehere
sa400userpasswordhere
binary
get savefiles/qs36f
get savefiles/msclib
get savefiles/whol
get savefiles/lansadev
get savefiles/acntlb
get savefiles/acntng
quit
The batch file and text file should be in the same directory. What ever folder you run the batch file from is where the files will be downloaded to. I'm sure there are ways to direct it to another folder I just don't know since I don't use it.
I then used Windows Scheduler NT or 2000 to run the batch file every night at 11:00 PM. AT 11:00PM the server runs my ftp batch program and copies our save files down.
I'm sure the links that were provided will give you more information....but hope this might help.
This is what I've done:
I created a batch file with the following entry:
ftp -s:ftp.txt 192.168.1.2
note: 192.168.1.2 is the AS400/Iseries' IP address
-s: switch tells it look at a text file for the
commands to run. The text file in this example
is named ftp.txt
I then created the ftp.txt file in notepad that contains the following:
as400usernamehere
sa400userpasswordhere
binary
get savefiles/qs36f
get savefiles/msclib
get savefiles/whol
get savefiles/lansadev
get savefiles/acntlb
get savefiles/acntng
quit
The batch file and text file should be in the same directory. What ever folder you run the batch file from is where the files will be downloaded to. I'm sure there are ways to direct it to another folder I just don't know since I don't use it.
I then used Windows Scheduler NT or 2000 to run the batch file every night at 11:00 PM. AT 11:00PM the server runs my ftp batch program and copies our save files down.
I'm sure the links that were provided will give you more information....but hope this might help.
rpgguruhere
Vendor
if you need automated method of moving files then you would need to download some ftp utilities.
One of them is You can run 1 client for free for unlimited time for each instance.
Automated Ftp Client
One of them is You can run 1 client for free for unlimited time for each instance.
Automated Ftp Client
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Thank's for uour responses, I solved my problem as follow. My program produces excel files to iSeries ifs folder as a pc document. Then I tranfer them to Ms NT folders so they can be used by our users. Here is my simple ftp. The problem was that I missed the command namefmt 1, which will tell that we are handling a pc file instead of file/(member).
First start ftp to Nt ftp folder, then
USER PASSWORD
NAMEFMT 1
BIN
PUT /QDLS/MyFolder/myFile.xls
QUIT
****************** End of data
First start ftp to Nt ftp folder, then
USER PASSWORD
NAMEFMT 1
BIN
PUT /QDLS/MyFolder/myFile.xls
QUIT
****************** End of data
Skittle:
Transferring a source file to the PC using the ASCII keyword in FTP is possible, but remember that the sequence number and date are the first two fields in the file. So the data starts in position 13.
If you transfer an ASCII file with FTP to a flat file on the AS/400, and you don't have the date ans dequence number, you can use the Copy Source File (CPYSRCF) command after you move FTP the file to a flat file on the AS/400, and this will put the sequence numbers back (but will reset the date to all zeros), and copy the flat file into a source member.
"When once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the Earth with your eyes turned skyward, for here you have been, and there you will always long to return."
--Leonardo da Vinci
Transferring a source file to the PC using the ASCII keyword in FTP is possible, but remember that the sequence number and date are the first two fields in the file. So the data starts in position 13.
If you transfer an ASCII file with FTP to a flat file on the AS/400, and you don't have the date ans dequence number, you can use the Copy Source File (CPYSRCF) command after you move FTP the file to a flat file on the AS/400, and this will put the sequence numbers back (but will reset the date to all zeros), and copy the flat file into a source member.
"When once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the Earth with your eyes turned skyward, for here you have been, and there you will always long to return."
--Leonardo da Vinci
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