Re: MPE FTP transfer into HFS namespace

alas, it appears that james has indeed hit a bug in mpe's ftp for mget :-(

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:# build some empty test hfs files and prove they exist
: listfile ./TEST.1@,2
PATH= /SYS/PUB/

CODE ------------LOGICAL RECORD----------- ----SPACE---- FILENAME
SIZE TYP EOF LIMIT R/B SECTORS #X MX

128W FB 0 1023 1 0 0 * TEST.1.1
128W FB 0 1023 1 0 0 * TEST.1.2
128W FB 0 1023 1 0 0 * TEST.1.3

:# amber is a redhat linux server
:# show that put works
:# then show that mput works for hfs files from mpe to linux
: ftp amber

File Transfer Protocol [A0012H14] (C) Hewlett-Packard Co. 2002 [PASSIVE
SUPPORT]

220 (vsFTPd 2.0.1)
Connected to amber (1.1.1.1). (FTPINFO 40)
Name(manager): root
331 Please specify the password.
Password:
230 Login successful.
Remote system type is UNIX
ftp> dir
200 PORT command successful. Consider using PASV.
150 Here comes the directory listing.
drwxr-xr-x 2 0 0 4096 Sep 17 2007 junk
226 Directory send OK.
635 bytes received in 0.04 seconds (17.23 Kbytes/sec)
ftp> cd junk
250 Directory successfully changed.
ftp> dir
200 PORT command successful. Consider using PASV.
150 Here comes the directory listing.
226 Directory send OK.
0 bytes received in 0.00 seconds (NaN Kbytes/sec)
ftp> put ./TEST.1.1
200 PORT command successful. Consider using PASV.
150 Ok to send data.
226 File receive OK.
0 bytes sent in 1.99 seconds (0.00 Kbytes/sec)
ftp> dir
200 PORT command successful. Consider using PASV.
150 Here comes the directory listing.
-rw-r--r-- 1 0 0 0 Sep 26 19:02 TEST.1.1
226 Directory send OK.
66 bytes received in 0.00 seconds (+INF Kbytes/sec)
ftp> mput ./TEST.1*
mput ./TEST.1.1? y
200 PORT command successful. Consider using PASV.
150 Ok to send data.
226 File receive OK.
0 bytes sent in 2.00 seconds (0.00 Kbytes/sec)
mput ./TEST.1.2? y
200 PORT command successful. Consider using PASV.
150 Ok to send data.
226 File receive OK.
0 bytes sent in 1.99 seconds (0.00 Kbytes/sec)
mput ./TEST.1.3? y
200 PORT command successful. Consider using PASV.
150 Ok to send data.
226 File receive OK.
0 bytes sent in 2.00 seconds (0.00 Kbytes/sec)
ftp> dir
200 PORT command successful. Consider using PASV.
150 Here comes the directory listing.
-rw-r--r-- 1 0 0 0 Sep 26 19:03 TEST.1.1
-rw-r--r-- 1 0 0 0 Sep 26 19:03 TEST.1.2
-rw-r--r-- 1 0 0 0 Sep 26 19:03 TEST.1.3
226 Directory send OK.
198 bytes received in 0.00 seconds (193.36 Kbytes/sec)
ftp> quit
221 Goodbye.

:# with the files on amber, purge then from the mpe system
:# and try to mget them back
: purge ./TEST.1@
3 files matched
Continue PURGE ? (YES/NO)y
3 selected. 3 succeeded. 0 failed.
: ftp amber

File Transfer Protocol [A0012H14] (C) Hewlett-Packard Co. 2002 [PASSIVE
SUPPORT]

220 (vsFTPd 2.0.1)
Connected to amber (1.1.1.1). (FTPINFO 40)
Name(manager): root
331 Please specify the password.
Password:
230 Login successful.
Remote system type is UNIX
ftp> cd junk
250 Directory successfully changed.
ftp> mget ./TEST.1*
200 PORT command successful. Consider using PASV.
150 Here comes the directory listing.
226 Directory send OK.
30 bytes received in 0.00 seconds (14.65 Kbytes/sec)
mget TEST.1.1? y
The group name provided did not start with an alphabetic character.
(FILE SYSTEM ERROR -117)
mget TEST.1.2? y
mget TEST.1.3? y
ftp> quit
221 Goodbye.

END OF PROGRAM
: listfile ./TEST.1@,2
No match found for the pathname. (CIWARN 9043)

:# will it work to retrieve them one by one?
: ftp amber

File Transfer Protocol [A0012H14] (C) Hewlett-Packard Co. 2002 [PASSIVE
SUPPORT]

220 (vsFTPd 2.0.1)
Connected to amber (1.1.1.1). (FTPINFO 40)
Name(manager): root
331 Please specify the password.
Password:
230 Login successful.
Remote system type is UNIX
ftp> cd junk
250 Directory successfully changed.
ftp> get ./TEST.1.1
200 PORT command successful. Consider using PASV.
150 Opening BINARY mode data connection for ./TEST.1.1 (0 bytes).
226 File send OK.
0 bytes received in 0.00 seconds (0.00 Kbytes/sec)
ftp> get ./TEST.1.2
200 PORT command successful. Consider using PASV.
150 Opening BINARY mode data connection for ./TEST.1.2 (0 bytes).
226 File send OK.
0 bytes received in 0.00 seconds (NaN Kbytes/sec)
ftp> get ./TEST.1.3
200 PORT command successful. Consider using PASV.
150 Opening BINARY mode data connection for ./TEST.1.3 (0 bytes).
226 File send OK.
0 bytes received in 0.00 seconds (NaN Kbytes/sec)
ftp> quit
221 Goodbye.

END OF PROGRAM
Mombi: listfile ./TEST.1@,2
PATH= /SYS/PUB/

CODE ------------LOGICAL RECORD----------- ----SPACE---- FILENAME
SIZE TYP EOF LIMIT R/B SECTORS #X MX

80B FA 0 204800 1 0 0 8 TEST.1.1
80B FA 0 204800 1 0 0 8 TEST.1.2
80B FA 0 204800 1 0 0 8 TEST.1.3
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some additional testing showed that the result are identical for hp-ux BUT
mget of hfs file from another mpe system works fine.

this is NOT something we want to discover this late in mpe's supported life
:-(

I strongly encourage *everyone* with a software support contract (including
folks with contracts with someone other than hp) to call this problem in.
I'm concerned that hp will need some convincing to repair this problem.
additionally, I'm worried that even if the problem is fixed it may take some
time to get it gr'd. so if you call this in -- you've got to be willing to
apply a beta patch!

(I think I've exhaustively shown that it's easy to patch ftp. It's just as
easy to backdate ftp. remember that quick backup?? just restore it....and
your old ftp is back)

for james -- the best advice I can give is to get your files one at a time.
hopefully this is only a workaround.

- d

---
Donna Hofmeister
Allegro Consultants, Inc.
408-252-2330


-----Original Message-----
From: HP-3000 Systems Discussion [mailto:HP3000-L@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Bob Schlosser
Sent: Friday, September 26, 2008 11:53 AM
To: HP3000-L@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [HP3000-L] MPE FTP transfer into HFS namespace

James

I do not believe that t is FPT barking at you but rather MPE itself.
Look at the file name it is trying to save TEST.1.1 and that looks a
lot like filename.group.account. I do not know how to fix this except
to transfer each file separately (get rid of mget) and specify the
target
file name as ./TEST.1.1 or what ever you need.

HTH

Robert Schlosser
Global Business Systems
Premier Farnell plc
T 864 487-1362
F 864.487.1904
E rschlosser@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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-----Original Message-----
From: HP-3000 Systems Discussion [mailto:HP3000-L@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On
Behalf Of James B. Byrne
Sent: Friday, September 26, 2008 2:46 PM
To: HP3000-L@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [HP3000-L] MPE FTP transfer into HFS namespace


First of all, thank you Donna for excellent instructions and for the
time
that you took to do this (even if as you claim it was only 5 minutes it
was worth an eternity to me). Your message will remain an invaluable
aide
memoire for this process.

However, the update has not changed the behaviour of the ftp client:

:ftp
File Transfer Protocol [A0012H14] (C) Hewlett-Packard Co. 2002 [PASSIVE
SUPPORT]
ftp> open 192.168.219.1
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> byte
200 Switching to Binary mode.
ftp> cd ftp-drop
250 Directory successfully changed.
ftp> dir
200 PORT command successful. Consider using PASV.
150 Here comes the directory listing.
-rw-r----- 1 14 50 506740992 Sep 26 08:07 STDHAL.1.1
-rw-r----- 1 14 50 325265920 Sep 26 08:19 STDHAL.2.1
-rw-r----- 1 14 50 561713920 Sep 26 08:41 STDHAL.3.1
-rw-r----- 1 14 50 564188160 Sep 26 09:03 STDHAL.4.1
-rw-r----- 1 14 50 9747456 Sep 25 18:03 TEST.1.1
-rw-r----- 1 14 50 18894848 Sep 25 18:04 TEST.2.1
-rw-r----- 1 14 50 7290624 Sep 25 18:04 TEST.3.1
-rw-r----- 1 14 50 8643840 Sep 25 18:04 TEST.4.1
226 Directory send OK.
540 bytes received in 0.06 seconds (8.11 Kbytes/sec)
ftp> mget ./TEST*
200 PORT command successful. Consider using PASV.
150 Here comes the directory listing.
226 Directory send OK.
40 bytes received in 0.04 seconds (1.03 Kbytes/sec)
mget TEST.1.1? y
The group name provided did not start with an alphabetic character.
(FILE SYSTEM ERROR -117)

Any ideas?

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