MGFTP from Freeware V5 CD for OpenVMS

[P Muralidhar Kini]

Hi Thanassis,

>> %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

Looks like the file does not exist. what does DIR command report ?
$ DIR NETLIB_DIR:[SYS2.SYSUPD.HGFTP032]NETLIB_SHRXFR.EXE

Regards,
Murali

[Thanassis Papadimitriou]

COMET$ DIR NETLIB_DIR:[SYS2.SYSUPD.HGFTP032]NETLIB_SHRXFR.EXE
%DIRECT-E-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

[P Muralidhar Kini]

Hi Thanassis,

The problem does not seem to be because of missing file.
Looks like the problem is because the "NETLIB_DIR" logical is not pointing to
the correct device. provide the following output -
$ SHOW LOGICAL NETLIB_DIR
$ SHOW DEVICE NETLIB_DIR

Regards,
Murali

[Thanassis Papadimitriou]

COMET$ SHOW LOGICAL NETLIB_DIR
%SHOW-S-NOTRAN, no translation for logical name NETLIB_DIR
COMET$ SHOW DEVICE NETLIB_DIR
%SYSTEM-W-NOSUCHDEV, no such device available

[Joseph Huber_1]

Do a SHOWLOG NETLIB_DIR .
If the logical is not defined, either NETLIB is not started or not installed at all.
If sys$startup:netlib_startup.com exists, then it is installed, but eventually points to the wrong location.
If the startup file executed at system startup (from systartup_vms.com and siblings) ?

In any case You can re-install netlib from Hunter's process.com site again.

[P Muralidhar Kini]

Hi Thanassis,

The NETLIB is not started and thats why the logicals are not set properly.
Start NETLIB using
$SYS$STARTUP:NETLIB_STARTUP

This should startup NETLIB and define the NETLIB_DIR logical.

Startup NETLIB and let us know if the problem is resolved.

Regards,
Murali

[Thanassis Papadimitriou]

I have not installed NETLIB at all.

At hunter's site there are 4 netlib.zip files to download.

netlib021.zip
netlib022.zip
netlib023.zip
netlib024.zip

Do I have to download them all, or a specific one?

[P Muralidhar Kini]

Hi Thanassis,

The site mentions that HGFTP uses NETLIB, so that is required.

>> Do I have to download them all, or a specific one?
Nothing is mentioned in the site, so all the version should work fine.
Better to go with the latest version netlib024.zip.

Good luck.

Regards,
Murali

[Thanassis Papadimitriou]

I installed netlib024.zip.

Do I have to perform a reboot to the server? It mentiones only the following:

All NETLIB images have been linked. Remember to edit your system
startup command procedure to add the following commmand:

$ @SYS$STARTUP:NETLIB_STARTUP

to ensure that the NETLIB logical names are defined and the
NETLIB shareable images are installed at system startup.

[Joseph Huber_1]

No, no reboot, just execute @sys$startup:netlib_startup before HGFTP_startup.
To make the netlib startup permanent for reboots, put the command somewhere in systartup_vms.com , or into the SYSMAN startup database if You happen to use it.