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Sample FTP Session: Accessing MPE/iX [ HP ARPA File Transfer Protocol User's Guide ] MPE/iX 5.0 Express III Documentation


HP ARPA File Transfer Protocol User's Guide

Sample FTP Session:  Accessing MPE/iX 

The purpose of this sample session is to provide help for a remote user
accessing the MPE/iX FTP server.  More detailed information about FTP
behavior follows the sample. 

In order to follow the same steps as the sample on your system, you must
obtain the following from your network administrator:

   *   Internet Protocol (IP) address of the MPE/iX system

   *   MPE/iX logon account and passwords

   *   Names of the groups in the logon account containing the files you
       want to access.

Start FTP 

Start FTP from your system.

Connect to the Remote MPE/iX System 

To open a connection to MPE/iX use the OPEN command followed by the
internet protocol (IP) address for the MPE/iX system.  For example:

                                 Table 5-2.   

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|  |                                                                          |
|  | ftp> OPEN 123.50.43.21                                                   |
|  |                                                                          |
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|  |                                                                          |
|  | 220 MPE/iX File Transfer Protocol Server [A0002001] (C) Hewlett-Packard  |
|  | Co.  1990                                                                |
|  |                                                                          |
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Log on to MPE/iX 

Supply the MPE/iX logon account and password when prompted, or use the
USER command.  For example:

                                 Table 5-3.   

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|  |                                                                             |
|  | ftp> USER sess1,user.myacct,mygroup                                         |
|  |                                                                             |
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|  |                                                                             |
|  | 331 Password required for SESS1,USER.MYACCT,MYGROUP                         |
|  | [userpass][,accountpass][,grouppass]                                        |
|  |                                                                             |
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|  |                                                |                            |
|  | Password:  userpass,acctpass,grouppass         | (enter passwords)          |
|  |                                                |                            |
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|  |                                                                             |
|  | 230 User logged on.                                                         |
|  |                                                                             |
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Check the Session and Group 

Check the session and group you are accessing.  This example shows the
user logged on with the working group, MYGROUP.

     ftp> pwd
     257 "/MYACCT/MYGROUP" is the current directory.
     257 "SESS1,USER.MYACCT,MYGROUP" is the current session.

View Files in the Working Group 

Examine the files in the working group using the FTP DIR command:

     ftp> :DIR *
     200 PORT command ok.
     150 File LISTF opened; data connection will be opened
     ACCOUNT = MYACCT GROUP= MYGROUP]

                                 Table 5-4.   

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
|                                                                           |
| FILENAME CODE....................LOGICAL RECORD....................       |
|                                                                           |
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
|                                                                           |
|                             SIZE       TYP        EOF        LIMIT        |
|                                                                           |
| NSCREEN1                    256B       FA         800        10000        |
|                                                                           |
| NSCREEN2                    80B        FA         500        14000        |
|                                                                           |
| NSPROGX        PROG         1934W      VB         4551       9480         |
|                                                                           |
| PROGRAMX                    256W       FB         700        1350         |
|                                                                           |
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

     226 Transfer complete
     nnn bytes received in n.nn seconds (n.nn Kbytes/sec)
     ftp>

Transfer a File to Your System 

Transfer a remote MPE/iX file to your system using the GET command:

     ftp> GET nscreen1
     200 PORT command ok.
     150 File NSCREEN1 opened; data connection will be opened
     226 Transfer complete
     nnn bytes received in n.nn seconds (n.nn Kbytes/sec)
     ftp>

The file will be saved as nscreen1 on your system.

View Files in a Different Group 

Examine the files in another group using the LS command with the group
name:

     ftp> LS @.group1
     200 PORT command ok.
     150 file LISTF opened; data connection will be opened
     AFILE.GROUP1
     TSCREEN.GROUP1
     TSCREEN2.GROUP1
     NSPROG1.GROUP1
     NSPROG2.GROUP1
     NSPROG3.GROUP1
     NPROGRAM.GROUP1
     226 Transfer complete
     nnn bytes received in n.nn seconds (n.nn Kbytes/sec)
     ftp>

Note that this display is different than using the LS command with no
group name which displays only file names.

Transfer a File From Another Group 

Transfer a binary file from MPE/iX to your system from other than the
current working group:

     ftp> BINARY
     200 Type set to l.
     ftp> GET NPROGRAM.GROUP1

The MPE/iX file will be saved as NPROGRAM.GROUP1 on your system.

Transfer Multiple Files From MPE/iX to Your System 

To transfer multiple files from MPE/iX to your system use the MGET
command:

     ftp> MGET @

All files in the working group will be transferred and have the same
names as on MPE/iX (up to 8 alphanumeric characters, all capitals).

Transfer multiple files from other than the working group on MPE/iX to
your system:

     ftp> MGET N@.GROUP1

The resulting file names are:

     NSPROG1.GROUP1
     NSPROG2.GROUP1
     NPROGRAM.GROUP1

Transfer a File From Your System to MPE/iX 

Transfer a local file to the MPE/iX working group using the PUT command:

     ftp> PUT yfile xfile

Use File Building Parameters.   

Transfer a local file to other than the MPE/iX working group, using
MPE/iX file building parameters:

     ftp> PUT file2 newfile.group1;rec=-78,,f,ascii

Transfer Multiple Files to MPE/iX 

Transfer multiple ASCII files to MPE/iX using the MPUT command:

     ftp> ASCII
     200 Type set to A.
     ftp> MPUT A*

If your system supports prompting, you are prompted whether or not (yes
or no) to transfer each file in the selected group of files.

Check that the files transferred:

     ftp> :DIR A@
     200 PORT command ok.
     150 File LISTF opened; data connection will be opened
     ACCOUNT = MYACCT GROUP= MYGROUP]

                                 Table 5-5.   

--------------------------------------------------------------------------
|                                                                        |
| FILENAME CODE....................LOGICAL RECORD....................    |
|                                                                        |
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
|                                                                        |
|                 SIZE       TYP        EOF        LIMIT                 |
|                                                                        |
| AFILE           80B        FA         800        204800                |
|                                                                        |
| AFILE123        80B        FA         800        204800                |
|                                                                        |
| AFILE124        80b        FA         800        204800                |
|                                                                        |
| AFILENAM        80B        FA         800        204800                |
|                                                                        |
| AFILEXX         80B        FA         800        204800                |
|                                                                        |
--------------------------------------------------------------------------

     226 Transfer complete
     nnn bytes received in n.nn seconds (n.nn Kbytes/sec)
     ftp>

If the file names are longer than eight characters, the file transfer
fails.  Note that all files were saved with the default FTP ASCII file
attributes:  records of fixed length and 80 bytes.



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