HP ARPA File Transfer Protocol User's Guide (36957-90159)
Chapter 4 33
Using FTP
Transferring Files
Transferring Files
Once you have logged on to the remote host, you can transfer files from your system to the
remote host, or from the remote host to your local system.
Transferring Limitations
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.
Transferring MPE/iX Files to the Remote Host
Use the PUT command to copy a file on your system to the remote host. FTP does not delete
the local copy of the file. The file is saved in the remote working directory.
ftp> PUT
localfile remotefile
The
remotefile
named must follow the file naming conventions for the remote system. If
you omit the
remotefile
name, the file will be saved with the
localfile
specified:
ftp> PUT
localfile
If the
localfile
is not a valid file name on the remote system, the file transfer fails.