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Re: FTPAPIR4 FTP Error 15 (Unable to create socket)

   Paul -�   Thanks again.� This has solved our issue.
   Christine

   On Sun, May 10, 2015 at 2:21 PM, Christine Krebs
   <[1]christine.krebs@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

   Paul -
   You might have solved our problem!� There was a missing close after an
   opendir in the loop.� I added the close in and the job has been
   continuous since.� I am monitoring with the hope it does not end
   again.
   Thanks for your help!
   Christine

   On Sun, May 10, 2015 at 10:30 AM, <[2]paul.roy@xxxxxxx> wrote:

   � �Hi Christine,
   � �could it be a missing close(); in a program processing one of the
   IFS
   � �files ?
   � �I think you could use
   � �CALL PGM(QP0FPTOS) PARM(*DUMPLFS� &JOBNumber)
   � �to print a list of open files
   � �that could eventually help to undestand the cause ...
   � �Paul
   � �From:� � � � Christine Krebs <[3]christine.krebs@xxxxxxxxxx>
   � �To:� � � � HTTPAPI and FTPAPI Projects
   <[4]ftpapi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
   � �Date:� � � � 10/05/2015 14:48
   � �Subject:� � � � Re: FTPAPIR4 FTP Error 15 (Unable to create
   socket)
   � �Sent by:� � � � [5]ftpapi-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
   � �   �__________________________________________________________________
   � �Scott -
   � �This is what it would seem like but we are calling the quit every
   time.
   � � I
   � �can see the FTP QUIT command in the FTP audit log as well.
   � �The only way to reconnect is for the submitted job to end. I
   haven't
   � �had
   � �any luck trying to loop back and reconnect.
   � �Thanks,
   � �Christine
   � �On Sat, May 9, 2015 at 9:35 PM, Scott Klement
   <[6]sk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
   � �wrote:
   � �> Hi Christine,
   � �>
   � �> That's strange -- I haven't run into that problem before.� �   Could it
   � �be
   � �> that you are running out of descriptors?� Maybe you're
   forgetting to
   � �call
   � �> FTP_quit() in some cases (like, if there's an error?) and
   therefore
   � �it's
   � �> never cleaning up the descriptors, so you eventually run out?
   � �>
   � �> -SK
   � �>
   � �>
   � �> On 5/9/2015 12:31 PM, Christine Krebs wrote:
   � �>
   � �>>� � �We are receiving an 'Unable to create socket' error from
   the
   � �FTPAPIR4
   � �>>� � �service program. The error is happening in the TCP_CONN
   routine
   � �when
   � �>>� � �the 'socket' C program is called.�� The call
   initiating the
   � �connect is
   � �>>� � �FTP_LIST procedure within FTPAPIR4.�� Has anyone
   received this
   � �error
   � �>>� � �message before?�� Please read below for the
   background of our
   � �process.
   � �>>� � �Any help would be appreciated.
   � �>>� � �We have a job that is set up to continuously run that
   connects
   � �every
   � �>>� � �minute to a remote FTP server to put and get data.��   Here is
   � �the flow
   � �>>� � �of the program.
   � �>>� � �1. builds a group of work files in the IFS.
   � �>>� � �2. connects to the remote server (FTP_OPEN)
   � �>>� � �3. logs into the server (FTP_LOGIN)�
   � �>>� � �4. sets passive mode on (FTP_PassiveMode)
   � �>>� � �5. changes directories (FTP_chDir)
   � �>>� � �6. puts the files on the server (FTP_Put)
   � �>>� � �7. gets a list of files to import � (FTP_LIST)
   � �>>� � �8. change directories (FTP_chDir)
   � �>>� � �9. gets the files from the server and moves them into
   the IFS
   � �>> (FTP_Get)
   � �>>� � �10. disconnects from server (FTP_Quit)
   � �>>� � �11. processes the files from the IFS into our database
   � �>>� � �12. program sleeps for 60 seconds
   � �>>� � �13.. repeats the process
   � �>>� � �This process will run successfully for 2 hours sometimes
   but
   � �typically
   � �>>� � �the job has been ending every 10-15 minutes. We will get
   and put
   � �data
   � �>>� � �for that time period. �
   � �>>� � �The initial error message, 'Unable to create socket',
   occurs
   � �during
   � �>> the
   � �>>� � �FTP_LIST call.�� The program will loop back around
   and try to
   � �>> reconnect
   � �>>� � �and get the same error.�� We can not successfully
   reconnect
   � �until the
   � �>>� � �job ends and we restart it.�� We have tried both
   active and
   � �passive
   � �>>� � �mode.�� The program is compiled with *NEW as the
   activation
   � �group.�
   � �>> It
   � �>>� � �was originally *CALLER.�� The error is always during
   the
   � �FTP_List
   � �>>� � �procedure call.
   � �>>� � �Also the trace logs running on our ISeries and the
   remote server
   � �do
   � �>> not
   � �>>� � �show any activity when we get this error trying to run
   the
   � �FTP_List
   � �>>� � �procedure and any subsequent attempts to connect until
   the job
   � �is
   � �>>� � �restarted.
   � �>>� � �Thanks,
   � �>>� � �Christine Krebs
   � �>>

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