topic Re: sftp case sensitive issue in Operating System - OpenVMS

sftp case sensitive issue

SAMI AHMAD — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 22:02:28 GMT

hi I m using sftp and if i tranfer files with mget they are all being converted to lower case, even though the volume types are ODS-2
how can i transfer the files in upper case ?

Re: sftp case sensitive issue

John Gillings — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 22:22:33 GMT

Sami,

It's not clear which direction you're sending the files, or what TCPIP stack you're using, or what version of OpenVMS or architecture (though the mention of ODS-2 suggests this is an OpenVMS question).

Please post a transcript of your exact commands, along with any resulting messages. Show us what results are undesired, and explain how you would like them to be different.

Re: sftp case sensitive issue

SAMI AHMAD — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 22:29:37 GMT

TCPIP> show version

HP TCP/IP Services for OpenVMS Alpha Version V5.4 - ECO 7
on a AlphaServer GS160 6/1001 running OpenVMS V7.3-2

I am trying to pull files from another openvMS server of same type and the files there have names in capital letters but when i sftp the file to local server using mget the files are created in lower case.
with get the files are created in upper case.

Re: sftp case sensitive issue

John Gillings — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 22:48:00 GMT

Sami,

How can you be creating files with lower case names on an ODS-2 volume? Without a clear description of the issue, it's not possible to help you. As requested earlier:

>Please post a transcript of your exact
>commands, along with any resulting messages.
>Show us what results are undesired, and
>explain how you would like them to be
>different.

Re: sftp case sensitive issue

Steven Schweda — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 23:57:02 GMT

> >Please post a transcript of your exact
> >commands [...]

You're not from around here, are you.

> How can you be creating files with lower
> case names on an ODS-2 volume?

My guess, and it is only a guess, is that the
remote source file is on ODS2, and the local
destination is ODS5.

Around here, for example:

IT $ sftp system@alp-l

@ SYS$MANAGER:ANNOUNCE.TXT
[I _love_ this software.]
sftp> cd /ALP$DKB200/UTILITY/SOURCE/GNUPG
sftp> ls log*
LOGICALS.COM;5
LOGICALS.COM;4
sftp> mget log*
logicals.com | 121B | 0.1 kB/s | TOC: 00:00:01 | 100%
sftp>quit

IT $ dg logicals

Directory SYS$SYSROOT:[SYSMGR]

logicals.com;1 1 3-MAR-2010 17:43:56.04 (RWED,RWED,RE,)

Total of 1 file, 1 block.
IT $

Thus, an upper-case (ODS2) remote file name
becomes a lower-case (ODS5) local file name.

For the record:

IT $ tcpip show version

HP TCP/IP Services for OpenVMS Industry Standard 64 Version V5.6 - ECO 4
on an HP zx2000 (1.50GHz/6.0MB) running OpenVMS V8.3-1H1

IT $ sftp "-V" ! Yup. Love it.
it$dkc0:[sys0.syscommon.][sysexe]tcpip$ssh_sftp2.exe: SSH Secure Shell OpenVMS (
V5.5) 3.2.0 on HP zx2000 (1.50GHz/6.0MB) - VMS V8.3-1H1

ALP $ tcpip show version

HP TCP/IP Services for OpenVMS Alpha Version V5.6 - ECO 4
on a COMPAQ Professional Workstation XP1000 running OpenVMS V8.3

ALP $ anal /imag sys$system:TCPIP$SSH_SFTP-SERVER2.EXE
[...]
Image Identification Information

image name: "TCPIP$SSH_SFTP-SERVER2"
image file identification: "V5.6-ECO4"
image file build identification: ""
link date/time: 8-APR-2009 17:58:07.52
linker identification: "A13-02"
[...]

Am I the only one who's gotten very tired of
reading problem descriptions which contain
almost no useful information?

> how can i transfer the files in upper case ?

> with get the files are created in upper case.

Am I missing something, or did you just
answer your own question?

Re: sftp case sensitive issue

Zeni B. Schleter — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 12:46:27 GMT

With Multinet, there are logicals that suppress the attempt at maintaining lowercase syntax. On an ODS-2 volumes , characters are inbedded in the filename that makes it almost unreadable. I don't what method TCPIP would use to suppress this feature but there should be one.