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

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Managing FTP
FTP User Commands on MPE/iX
the default state). In this case, all file
transfers will unconditionally replace
the target file.
off sets the internal replace flag and the
value of the environment variable to
FALSE. In this state, all file transfers
will be conditional predicated on user
response to replace the target file if it
previously existed.
RESET Clear reply queue. This command resynchronises
command/reply sequencing with the remote FTP
server. Resynchronisation may be necessary following a
violation of the FTP protocol by the remote server.
RMDIR
remotedirectory Deletes a directory from the remote machine.
RUNIQUE Toggle receive-unique mode. In receive-unique mode,
all files stored on the local machine will be guaranteed
to be created with a unique file name.
SEND localfile
[remotefile] A synonym for the PUT command.
SITE string Asks remote server to perform a site-specific command.
Type REMOTEHELP SITE for a list of commands
supported by the remote server.
SIZE remotefile Returns the size in bytes of the remote file.
STATUS Display the status of the connection, the data type,
whether each of verbose, debug, exit-on-error,
prompting, lowercase, store-unique, receive-unique,
tracing is on or off, plus the connection timeout value.
STRUCT
[FILE] Sets the FTP file transfer structure to the specified
structure. The only supported structure is FILE.
Entering STRUCT without a parameter displays the
supported structure type.
SUNIQUE Toggle store-unique mode. In store-unique mode, all
files stored on the remote machine will be guaranteed
to be created with a unique file name.
SYSTEM Displays the remote system type.
TIMEOUT
[num-secs] The connection timeout value indicates how long to
wait for a message from the remote FTP server before
giving up. The allowable range is 0 to 3000. A value
from 1 to 3000 indicates a timeout value in seconds. A