topic Re: FTP a specific file version in Operating System - OpenVMS

FTP a specific file version

BP_5 — Tue, 21 Feb 2006 03:26:16 GMT

Hi All,
In Open VMS we have file versions. Is there a way to ftp a specific file version of a file.

eg: We have test.com;1 , test.com;2.
I want to ftp test.com;1.

If i give the ftp command 'get test.com;1' it takes the test.com;2.

Any help ??

Thanks in advance

Re: FTP a specific file version

Volker Halle — Tue, 21 Feb 2006 03:37:06 GMT

BP,

welcome to the OpenVMS ITRC forum.

Initial tests with TCPIP V5.5 seem to indicate, that specifying a file version number is honoured by FTP (VMS-VMS and Windows-VMS).

Which version is your FTP server, which version of a FTP client are your running ?

Volker.

Re: FTP a specific file version

Volker Halle — Tue, 21 Feb 2006 03:40:32 GMT

BP,

correction: it does NOT seem to work from a Windows FTP client !

Volker.

Re: FTP a specific file version

Volker Halle — Tue, 21 Feb 2006 03:43:44 GMT

BP,

but you could use

FTP> get test.com.1

which will end up as a test.com.1 file on Windows, but it will be TEST.COM;1

Volker.

Re: FTP a specific file version

BP_5 — Tue, 21 Feb 2006 03:49:38 GMT

Thanks .. IT works :)

Re: FTP a specific file version

Steven Schweda — Tue, 21 Feb 2006 03:57:28 GMT

To reduce the pointless guesswork, it would
really help to know:

1) VMS version,
2) TCP/IP product and version,
3) FTP server type and version, if not the
one from "2)",
4) FTP client and its version,
5) FTP client's host type and OS (and version).

Lots of things work, many of which would
probably be useless to you. For example, on
a VMS system:

wget ftp://sms:@alp/test/A.A.2 -O A.A;2

Re: FTP a specific file version

Jan van den Ende — Tue, 21 Feb 2006 05:05:27 GMT

BP,

to generalise the answer given by Volker:

VMS acceps the "." (full stop) instead of ";" (semicolon) as file version separator: any second full stop will function as a semicolon, provided there are no more than two together.
Any remote OS that supports multiple periods will handle VMS file versions, in GET and in PUT operations, initiated eigther on VMS or on the other OS.

Disclaimer: I have not yet worked out the full extends and limitations of ODS5!

hth

Proost.

Have one on me.

jpe