FTAM/9000 User's Guide

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Using Interactive FTAM
Managing an ftam Session
Managing an ftam Session
This section discusses how to use ftam commands to control various
aspects of your ftam session. Table 2-1 explains the session-control
commands you can use at the ftam> prompt :
Table 2-1 Commands for Controlling Your ftam Session
Command Function
bell When bell is on, a bell (or beep) sounds after each file transfer.
Enter bell at the ftam prompt to toggle the bell setting.
bye or quit Terminates your ftam session.
close or release Terminates the connection to the current remote host.
connect [hostname]
oropen [hostname]
Establishes a connection to a remote host. If you do not specify a
host, ftam prompts for one. Example: ftam> connect denver
help [command] or?
[command]
Requests help for using ftam. If you specify a command, the help
you receive is specific to that command. Example: ftam> help
open
status Requests a summary of the current status of ftam, including the
current host, the local and remote (if known) working directories,
bell mode, overwrite mode, verbose mode, and filestore.
set options Set FTAM parameters. Valid options are:f specifies the remote
filestore type (f ux or f other).o controls overwrite mode.v
controls verbose mode.y satisfy file protection on destination
file.z satisfy file protection on source file. Specifying f ux means
that HP-UX (UNIX) conventions in path names (such as “.” and
“..”) are valid on the remote file system. The default is “ux”. The y
and z options require an action/ concurrency string as a
parameter. See chapter 5 for details.
unset options Unset file (y and z) options. See set command (above).
user user [password]
[account]
Reconnect to the current remote host as user. If you omit the
password (and it is not available in your .ftamrc file), ftam will
prompt you for it.