Installing and Managing HP ARPA File Transfer Protocol Network Manager's Guide (36957-90157)

96 Appendix B

Using the FTP Server

Supported MPE/iX File Types

The following types of MPE/iX ﬁles can be transferred to a remote host

using FTP.

Standard MPE ﬁles, with ﬁxed, variable, or bytestream format, and

either binary or ASCII data types.

In addition, the latest enhancemnets enable the transfer of the

following types of non-standard types between two HP 3000 machines.

Both the FTP server and the client must be running the latest version.

1. Circular ﬁles

2. Message ﬁles

3. RIO ﬁles

4. CM KSAM ﬁles

5. NM KSAM ﬁles

6. HPSPOOL ﬁles

Of these, SPOOL ﬁles are transferred as ﬁxed ASCII ﬁles. The above

non-standard ﬁle transfers are not possible between an MPE and an

non-MPE system. However, SPOOL ﬁles can be transferred as ﬁxed

ASCII ﬁles from an MPE to a non-MPE system.

The following MPE/iX ﬁle type cannot be transferred with FTP.

• HFS (Hierarchical File System) directories

In addition, undeﬁned (U) record format ﬁles cannot be transferred.