HP ARPA File Transfer Protocol User's Guide: HP 3000 MPE/iX Computer Systems

Preface

Related Documentation

FTP

Link Products

General Networking

MPE/iX

Network Services

Software Installation

1 Overview

The ARPA Services

FTP

MPE/iX File Transfer Protocol

FTP User (Client)

FTP Server

Who Should Use This Manual

FTP User

FTP Server

Before Using the FTP Client

2 FTP User Commands: Quick Reference

3 Getting Started: A Simple FTP Session

FTP Session Example

Step 1: Run FTP

Step 2: Connect and Log into the Remote Host

Step 3: View Your Local Directory

Step 4: Transfer a File from MPE/iX to the Remote Host

Step 5: View the Remote Directory

Step 6: Transfer a File from the Remote Host to MPE/iX

Step 7: Exiting the FTP User Program

The Next Step

4 Using FTP

Running the FTP User (Client) Program

Connecting and Logging On to a Remote Host

IP Addresses

Node Names

Logging On

Changing Accounts

Accessing Another Remote Host

Performing Directory Operations

Viewing the Remote Working Directory

Viewing the Contents of a Remote Directory

Listing Directory Information to a Local File

Changing Directories

Setting or Changing Transfer Types

Binary

ASCII

BYTESTREAM

Transferring Files

Transferring Limitations

Transferring MPE/iX Files to the Remote Host

File Naming

Transferring Files to a Different Directory

Transferring Files from Other Groups

Transferring Multiple Files

Prompting

Using Case

Transferring Remote Host files to MPE/iX

Default File Attributes

Changing File Building Parameters

Transferring Files to Other Groups

Transferring Multiple Files

Renaming Remote Files

Deleting Remote Files

Delete Multiple Files

Viewing Local Settings

Issuing MPE/iX Commands from Within FTP

Temporarily Exiting FTP

Obtaining Help

Listing FTP User Commands

Listing the Remote FTP Server Commands

Using FTP Commands in UDCs and Programs

Using EXITONERROR

Transferring Multiple Files

Using a Jobstream

Programmatic Example

Obtaining Status Information

5 Using the FTP Server

Sample FTP Session: Accessing MPE/iX

Start FTP

Connect to the Remote MPE/iX System

Log on to MPE/iX

Anonymous FTP

Check the Session and Group

View Files in the Working Group

Transfer a File to Your System

View Files in a Different Group

Transfer a File from Another Group

Transfer Multiple Files from MPE/iX to Your System

Transfer a File from Your System to MPE/iX

Transfer Multiple Files to MPE/iX

More Information About FTP and MPE/iX

MPE/iX User Accounts

File Naming on MPE/iX

Using Metacharacters

Changing File Building Parameters

6 MPE/iX File System and Data Transfers

How FTP Transfers Files

ASCII Transfers

Binary (IMAGE) Transfers

Bytestream (Byte—Local-byte 8) Transfers

MPE/iX Type vs. FTP Transfer Type

Using BUILD Parameters with FTP

Build Command Parameters

Examples Using BUILD Parameters

MPE/iX File System

Fixed Record File Padding

Record Truncation

End-of-File Limitation

File Transfer Examples

Variable Record Files

Mixed Mode Transfer

Fixed Record Files

7 Troubleshooting

Cannot Run FTP

Cannot Connect to the Remote Host

Cannot Logon to Remote (MPE/iX User)

User Cannot Logon to MPE/iX

File Transfer Problems

Command Not Supported on Remote System

A MPE/iX and POSIX Differences

Filename Size Restrictions

MPE/iX Namespace

POSIX Namespace

Working With Directories

Commands

Command Line (CI) Examples

FTP Usage Examples

Listing MPE/iX or POSIX Files

Bytestream Files

Build

Building and Transferring a Bytestream File

FTP Default Name Space

Transferring Files

B Error Messages

FTP User Messages and Errors

FTP Server Messages and Errors

Glossary

Index

1-1 FTP Client-Server Model

1-2 MPE/iX FTP User

1-3 MPE/iX FTP Server

6-1 ASCII Transfer

6-2 Mixed Mode Transfer

6-3 Fixed Record Transfer