topic Re: FTP file name behavior in Operating System - OpenVMS

FTP file name behavior

Paul D. Cohen_1 — Tue, 24 May 2005 08:34:03 GMT

Have just upgraded to OVMS 7.3-2.

Previous behavior:
Using FTP if destination file in a "GET" was not a legal VMS name such as a.b.c an attempt was made to create a legal VMS name such as A_B_.C

New 7.3-2 behavior:
File is delivered to FILE.TXT.

It is possible that during the OS upgrade we lost some controlling parameters. Is there a logical or something else that controls thsi behaviour.

Re: FTP file name behavior

Kris Clippeleyr — Tue, 24 May 2005 09:02:25 GMT

Hi Paul,

Just tried to FTP from a 7.3-1 box with ODS-5 disks to a 7.3-2 box with ODS-2 disks using "GET a.b.c", and I got teh file A_B.C in my directory. What version of TCP/IP are you running?

Regards,
Kris (aka Qkcl)

Re: FTP file name behavior

John Donovan_4 — Tue, 24 May 2005 09:03:59 GMT

What version TCPIP services are you on?
Did you upgrade TCPIP when you upgraded OpenVMS? Did you apply TCPIP patches?

Re: FTP file name behavior

Paul D. Cohen_1 — Tue, 24 May 2005 09:45:41 GMT

Thanks for the response. Problem is in the other direction - when I try to pull a file from anywhere to a bad file name on 7.3-2

On a 7.3-2 machine
get anyfile a.b.c
ends up in FILE.TXT.

Re: FTP file name behavior

Kris Clippeleyr — Tue, 24 May 2005 10:08:44 GMT

Paul,

Again, what version of TCP/IP are you on.
Just tried on 7.3-2, TCP/IP 5.3 eco 4

FTP> get x.y a.b.c

and I got:
%TCPIP-E-FTP_OPNOUT, error opening DKA400:[QKCL]a^.b.c; for output
-RMS-F-SYN, file specification syntax error

NB: Target disk is ODS-2

Kris (aka Qkcl)

Re: FTP file name behavior

Paul D. Cohen_1 — Tue, 24 May 2005 10:16:23 GMT

According to the SA ,we are running TCP/IP 5.4 eco4.

Re: FTP file name behavior

comarow — Tue, 24 May 2005 11:30:37 GMT

ECO 5 will be coming out shortly. Keep an eye out for it!

Re: FTP file name behavior

comarow — Tue, 24 May 2005 14:26:51 GMT

I have spoken to the networking team and there is an elevation regarding similar behavior. You might want to log a call or keep an eye out for ecos.