> [...] OpenVMS 8.3 [...]

      tcpip show version

   Other potentially useful information:

   How did you get a name like "ALL_UPPER.CASE-GZ"?  Are your files on
an ODS2 volume?   Around here, on an ODS5 volume, "gzip 1.5a" produces a
"-gz", not a "-GZ".  (And you can get a ".gz", if you really want one.)

> PUT   LOG_FILE.8755-GZ;1   LOG_FILE.8755.FTP
> RENAME   LOG_FILE.8755.FTP   LOG_FILE.8755.DAT.gz

   You seem to be working too hard.  Why not just specify the desired
remote file name in the "put" command?  For example:

alp $ ftp deb4
220 deb4.antinode.info FTP server (Version wu-2.6.2(1) Fri Feb 5 01:39:37 UTC 20
10) ready.
Connected to deb4.antinode.info.
Name (deb4.antinode.info:sms):
331 Password required for sms.
Password:
230 User sms logged in.
FTP> bin
200 Type set to I.
FTP> put USELESS.EXE-gz USELESS.EXE.gz
200 PORT command successful.
150 Opening BINARY mode data connection for USELESS.EXE.gz.
226 Transfer complete.
local: ALP$DKC0:[SMS.ITRC]USELESS.EXE-gz;1  remote: USELESS.EXE.gz
2325 bytes sent in 00:00:00.00 seconds (290.64 Kbytes/s)
FTP> dir U*
200 PORT command successful.
150 Opening ASCII mode data connection for /bin/ls.
-rw-r--r-- 1 sms sms 2325 Aug  6 12:48 USELESS.EXE.gz

226 Transfer complete.
55 bytes received in 00:00:00.00 seconds (27.50 Kbytes/s)
FTP> quit
221-You have transferred 2325 bytes in 1 files.
221-Total traffic for this session was 3016 bytes in 2 transfers.
221-Thank you for using the FTP service on deb4.antinode.info.
221 Goodbye.
alp $

> or prior to execution of the FTP command
>   $ set proc/parse=extended 

   Why?  Is DCL secretly processing the FTP client commands?

alp $ show proc /pars

 6-AUG-2012 12:50:47.19   User: SMS              Process ID:   20201ABA
                          Node: ALP              Process name: "_RTA2:"

Parse Style: Traditional

   Doesn't seem to be necessary here.  Here is:

alp $ tcpip show version

  HP TCP/IP Services for OpenVMS Alpha Version V5.6 - ECO 5
  on a COMPAQ Professional Workstation XP1000 running OpenVMS V8.3