HP ARPA File Transfer Protocol User's Guide (36957-90159)

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Overview
MPE/iX File Transfer Protocol
MPE/iX File Transfer Protocol
The MPE/iX FTP is an implementation of both the client and server programs which
conform to RFC959 and RFC1123. The MPE/iX FTP can transfer files with FTP
implementations on many other system types, including MS-DOS, OS2, HP-UX, (AT&T,
IBM & SUN) variations of UNIX, POSIX, VAX/VMS, IBM/MVS, HP-RTE and other MPE
systems.
FTP/iX is supported over Internet Protocol (IP) based network and operates over many
different hardware links. These hardware links include, Local Area Network links (LAN):
100VG-AnyLAN, 100Base-T, IEEE 802.3, ETHERNET, IEEE 802.5 (Token Ring), FDDI,
and Wide Area Network links (WAN): X.25.
FTP User (Client)
The MPE/iX FTP user can perform the following tasks:
• Connect to a remote host system
• Transfer or delete single or multiple files
• Rename single files on the remote system
• List or change remote directories
• Perform ASCII, binary, or bytestream file transfers
• Change file attributes (using BUILD parameters) for files transferred to the MPE/iX
system
The supported FTP user commands are summarized in Chapter 2 , “FTP User Commands:
Quick Reference.”
FTP Server
Remote users accessing the MPE/iX FTP server can perform the following tasks:
• Establish a session on a remote MPE/iX host system
• Transfer or delete single or multiple files
• Rename single files on the remote MPE/iX system
• List or change remote MPE/iX hierarchical directories
• Perform ASCII, binary, or bytestream file transfers
• Change file attributes (using BUILD parameters) for files transferred to the MPE/iX
system
The supported FTP Server commands available to remote users are described in Chapter
5 , “Using the FTP Server.”