MGFTP from Freeware V5 CD for OpenVMS

[Thanassis Papadimitriou]

I have OpenVMS 7.2-1 with TCPware v5.4-3. I have various problems with ftp towards the OpenVMS server. I would like to use MGFTP to verify if wa are able to overcome the ftp problems we meet.

Does anybody have the freeware V5 for OpenVMS CD? Withing this CD MGFTP client/server freeware software exists.

Can anybody provide me a link to download the whole freeware V5 CD, or even more better MGFTP only?

[Shriniketan Bhagwat]

Hi,

Here is the link for VMS freeware. You can get MGFTP in V5.

http://h71000.www7.hp.com/openvms/freeware/

Regards,
Ketan

[Joseph Huber_1 · Accepted solution]

Even better, use Hunter's newer version, named HGFTP since some years now:

http://vms.process.com/fileserv-software.html

[Thanassis Papadimitriou]

The for providing me this link, but I already tried that link and I am not able to download it from there.

Internet Explorer gives me error message:

Internet site is unavailable or cannot be found.

Do you have an alternate link?

[Thanassis Papadimitriou]

The following link does not work.

http://h71000.www7.hp.com/openvms/freeware/

[Ian Miller.]

direct link
http://vms.process.com/scripts/fileserv/fileserv.com?HGFTP

another link
ftp://ftp.digiater.nl/openvms/freeware/v80/hgftp/

[Joseph Huber_1]

Which of the links does not work ?
For me both the HP freeware and process.com are ok.
Check Your web browser and/or internet connection.

And by the way, since HP only offers the big ZIP archives of freeware, there is a much better link to individual freeware directories:

http://www.decuslib.com/

(thanks to the peop-le providing that !)

[Thanassis Papadimitriou]

I opened the following site to download HGFTP:

http://vms.process.com/fileserv-software.html

The description says that it is be used for the following architectures only:

Description: FTP client and server for VMS (uses NETLIB)
Version: V3.2-4, 24-OCT-2009
Author: Hunter Goatley
Architecture: VAX,AXP,IA64
Size: 7542 blocks
Language: BLISS32

My OpenVMS platforms is ALPHA architecture. Will HGFTP work?

[P Muralidhar Kini]

Hi Thanassis,

>> My OpenVMS platforms is ALPHA architecture. Will HGFTP work?
Yes.

>> Architecture: VAX,AXP,IA64
The AXP in the Architecture field refers to ALPHA.

Regards,
Murali

[Thanassis Papadimitriou]

I tried to install HGFTP unsuccessfully. When the time comes to link ftp, I get the following message and the installation is terminated. Can anybody help me?

%HGFTP-I-LINKING, Linking image FTP....
%LINK-F-OPENIN, error opening NETLIB_DIR:[SYS2.SYSUPD.HGFTP032]NETLIB_SHRXFR.EXE; as input
-RMS-F-DEV, error in device name or inappropriate device type for operation
%VMSINSTAL-E-INSFAIL, The installation of HGFTP V3.2 has failed.