Re: Using FTP_GET with iSeries FTP Server

[Scott Klement <sk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Sender: Scott Klement <sk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>


On Thu, 3 Mar 2005, Richard Lambert wrote:

> I'm new to the FTP APIs and was trying to write a program to get files from
> another iSeries.  However, the FTP_GET procedure calls the FTP_SIZE
> procedure which is not supported by the iSeries and caused the get to fail.

You're right that FTP_get() will call the FTP_size() routine under the 
covers.  It uses this for some of the FTP_exitProc() routines so that you 
can write programs that display a progress graph, etc.

However, FTPAPI knows that FTP_get() will fail on many servers. So, when 
it receives an error from the server it will NOT cause the transfer to 
fail.  It'll put the error message into the log so that the programmer 
knows that the FTP_size request didnt' work -- but it'll still go ahead 
and perform the GET request anyway.


> Is there a different procedure I should be using or different parameters I
> can pass?

No, there's no reason to.  It asks the server if it'll do a SIZE request. 
The server will return "not supported" which is fine -- then FTPAPI will 
continue to perform the GET request without it.

If your transfer is failing, it's failing for a different reason.  Please 
post the messages that show what's happening (from your job log or a log 
file, or however yours is set up) so we can see what's happening.


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