Preface

Table of Contents

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The HP ARPA File Transfer Protocol product provides the ARPA file transfer protocol (FTP) service to MPE/iX users.

The chapters in this manual are organized as follows:

Chapter 1 “Overview” is a brief overview of ARPA Services and what is provided on MPE/iX.
Chapter 2 “FTP User Commands: Quick Reference” provides an alphabetic listing of FTP user commands including syntax and a brief description of usage.
Chapter 3 “Getting Started: A Simple FTP Session” provides a simple session example using FTP user commands.
Chapter 4 “Using FTP” provides a task-oriented approach to using FTP.
Chapter 5 “Using the FTP Server” provides information for remote users accessing the MPE/iX FTP server.
Chapter 6 “MPE/iX File System and Data Transfers” provides information about transferring files and using BUILD parameters.
Chapter 7 “Troubleshooting” provides troubleshooting steps for resolving problems you may have using FTP.
Appendix A “MPE/iX and POSIX Differences” provides notes on the POSIX and the Hierarchical File System.
Appendix B “Error Messages” provides a list of possible errors you can receive while using FTP.
Glossary provides terms and definitions for ARPA services and networking.

Technical documentation