Re: MPE FTP transfer into HFS namespace

Hi John,

I was getting the same error from MPE to Unix.

I don't know if Linux will be the same, but I was able to use mput when I initiated the ftp session from HP-UX (but I had to add the ./ to the filename).

Make sure to use binary mode for the transfer... As you noted this did not work when running ftp on the MPE/iX system:

HP-UX:ftp mpesys
220 HP ARPA FTP Server [A0012E08] (C) Hewlett-Packard Co. 2000 [PASV SUPPORT]
username
password
ftp>binary
200 Type set to I.
ftp>prompt
Interactive mode off.
ftp>mput TEST*
200 port command ok.
550 The group name provided did not start with an alphabetic character (FILE SYSTEM ERROR -117)

same for all 3 files

ftp>mput ./TEST*
200 port command ok.
150 File: ./TEST.1.1 opened; data connection will be opened
226 transfer complete
.... same (successful transfer) for all three files

Thanks,
Gary
-------------- Original message --------------
From: "James B. Byrne" <byrnejb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

MPE/iX 7.5

I have a set of Store-to-Disc file having the form TEST.1.1, TEST.2.1,
TEST.3.1 and TEST.4.1 residing on a Linux server. I wish to retrieve
these files to an HP3000/918LX via the mget command of the MPE/iX ftp
client.

:FTP 192.168.219.1
File Transfer Protocol [A0012E07] (C) Hewlett-Packard Co. 2002 [PASSIVE
SUPPORT]
220 (vsFTPd 2.0.5)
Connected to 192.168.219.1. (FTPINFO 40)
Name(manager): ANONYMOUS
331 Please specify the password.
Password:
230 Login successful.
Remote system type is UNIX
ftp> prompt
Interactive mode off. (FTPINFO 42)
ftp> cd ftp-drop
250 Directory successfully changed.
ftp> mget TEST*
200 PORT command successful. Consider using PASV.
150 Here comes the directory listing.
226 Directory send OK.
40 bytes received in 0.01 seconds (3.00 Kbytes/sec)
The group name provided did not start with an alphabetic character.
(FILE SYSTEM ERROR -117)

OK, that did not work. Let us try this instead:

ftp> mget ./TEST*
200 PORT command successful. Consider using PASV.
150 Here comes the directory listing.
226 Directory send OK.
40 bytes received in 0.01 seconds (3.00 Kbytes/sec)
The group name provided did not start with an alphabetic character.
(FILE SYSTEM ERROR -117)

What is the magical incantation to put these files into the HFS namespace
for future use by RESTORE?

Regards,

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