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

value of 0 means no timeout (that is, wait forever). If

num-secs is not speciﬁed, the current timeout value will

be displayed. Otherwise, this command sets the

connection timeout to num-secs seconds.

TRACE If command is speciﬁed, toggle tracing.

TYPE

[transfertype] Sets the FTP ﬁle transfer type to the speciﬁed type. If a

transfer type is not included, the current ﬁle transfer

type is displayed. The supported transfer types are

ASCII and BINARY. The default is ASCII.

USER username Used to enter a logon name in order to establish a

session on the remote host. A connection to the remote

host must already have been established using OPEN.

VERBOSE Turns on or off the display of responses from the remote

host. The default is on.