Re: FTPAPI connection reset

[Charles Wilt <charles.wilt@xxxxxxxxx>]

I'd be willing to bet Scott knows (given that he checks for both :) )

Guessing he was just shortening his reply a bit.

Charles

On Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 4:01 PM, Leif Guldbrand <Guldbrand@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> FWIW....
>
>>The FTP server is supposed to keep the command channel open until the
>>file transfer completes so it can send a '226 Transfer Complete' message.
>>This message is the only thing that tells us that the transfer completed
>>successfully.
>
> IMO not correct.... depends on OS's.
> 226 - Transfer Completed Successfully
> 250 - Transfer Completed Successfully
> I did always test for both 226 AND 250 in my "build on the fly" FTP programs.
>
> Typing from a link at www.tug.on.ca/AS400FTP.htm (seems not to work anymore):
> <snip>
> The text in the 250 code and other FTP codes can vary depending on the system
> you are communicating with. It may say "Transfer completed successfully" in the
> case of an AS/400 to MVS system  or  "File transfer completed successfully" in
> the case of a transfer from AS/400 to AS/400. Also, in the case of a loopback to
> AS/400, the 250 message may appear twice.
> </snip>
>
> Oh well.... maybe a little off topic from the OP's question :-)
>
> Leif
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