HP-UX SNAplus2 R7 APPC Application Suite User's Guide

Contents
Legal Notices...............................................................................................................................................4
Warranty..............................................................................................................................................4
U.S. Government License.................................................................................................................. 4
Copyright Notices...............................................................................................................................4
Trademark Notices..............................................................................................................................4
Publishing History.......................................................................................................................................5
New and Changed Information in This Edition..................................................................................5
Before You Begin........................................................................................................................................6
Prerequisite Knowledge......................................................................................................................6
About This Book.................................................................................................................................6
Organization of This Book.........................................................................................................6
Typographic Conventions...........................................................................................................6
SNAplus2 Publications.......................................................................................................................7
Publications for Users................................................................................................................7
Publications for Administrators..................................................................................................8
Publications for Programmers....................................................................................................8
Related Publications...........................................................................................................................9
Chapter 1 APPC Application Suite for HP-UX Programs.. ................................................................10
1.1 What Is APPC Application Suite?...........................................................................................10
1.2 Configuring Your System for APPC Application Suite............................................................10
1.2.1 Configuration Overview.. ............................................................................................. 10
1.2.2 Configuring Your System.............................................................................................11
Chapter 2 AFTP...................................................................................................................................... 15
2.1 AFTP Configuration.................................................................................................................15
2.1.1 Sample aftp.ini Initialization File..................................................................................15
2.2 Using AFTP.. ........................................................................................................................... 17
2.2.1 Selecting a User ID.. ................................................................................................... 18
2.2.2 Transferring Files.........................................................................................................19
2.2.3 Ending a Session with a Remote System...................................................................20
2.3 AFTP Subcommands..............................................................................................................20
2.3.1 Opening and Closing a Connection to a Partner Computer.......................................20
2.3.2 Setting or Querying AFTP File Transfer Attributes......................................................20
2.3.3 Transferring Files.........................................................................................................21
2.3.4 Directory and File Manipulation on the Target Computer...........................................22
2.3.5 Setting Allocation Sizes When Writing Files...............................................................23
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