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:

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:

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.

Anonymous FTP

If anonymous FTP is supported on the remote MPE FTP server, the user can login anonymously by giving the username as "anonymous" or "ftp".

ftp> o 15.70.188.48
connected to 15.70.188.48.
220 HP ARPA FTP Server [A0008OZ3] (C) Hewlett-Packard Co. 1990
Name (15.70.188.48:rram): anonymous
331 Guest login ok, send ident as password.
Password:
230 User logged on
Remote system type is MPE/IX

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]

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                      256B      FA       700       1350

256 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]

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

256 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.