When i tried to do SFTP, it is creating duplicate BAT file

[652]

Hi,
when i tried to sftp in vms, it is creating duplicate BAT files

command i'm using is

$sftp2 '-B' temp.bat

[652]

can any one please suggest me on this

[Steven Schweda]

> [...] in vms [...]

Not a very precise description of the OS or
IP or SSH software involved. Potentially
more informative:

TCPIP SHOW VERSION
sftp2 "-V"

> $sftp2 '-B' temp.bat

HELP STRING
HELP SYMBOL
HELP
Topic? =
= Subtopic? *

You might do better with something more like
this:

sftp2 "-B" temp.bat

[652]

Hi,

I gave
$ TCPIP SHOW VERSION

HP TCP/IP Services for OpenVMS Industry Standard 64 Version V5.6 - ECO 3
on an HP rx6600 (1.59GHz/12.0MB) running OpenVMS V8.3-1H1

$ sftp2 "-V"

dsa200:[sys0.syscommon.][sysexe]tcpip$ssh_sftp2.exe: SSH Secure Shell OpenVMS (V5.5) 3.2.0 on HP rx6600 (1.59GHz/12.0MB) - VMS V8.1

[Steven Schweda]

Ok. So, did using the right quotation marks
in the command make any difference?

[652]

no, still the same problem

[Steven Schweda]

Perhaps it's time to explain what you're
trying to do. For example, what's in
"temp.bat"? It might be interesting to see
an actual command with some actual output.

Adding "-v" to any SSH-related command can
provide some helpful data.

[Kees L.]

I read somewhere that the inputfile (in this case temp.bat) should have a specific format (something like STMLF I think). And the newer TCPIP-version would do this conversion automagically. If you do a dir/full of the duplicate file you might see different characteristics. I have no way to reproduce this myself. Good luck.

[Steven Schweda]

> I read somewhere [...]

Apparently true. Around here, for example:

alp $ sftp "-B" SFTP.BAT alp

@ SYS$MANAGER:ANNOUNCE.TXT
Warning: Converting file sftp.bat to Stream_LF.
Warning: File sftp.bat converted successfully to Stream_LF.
sftp> put sftp/sftp.test
sftp.test | 12B | 0.0 kB/s | TOC: 00:00:01 | 100%


alp $ pipe dire /full SFTP.BAT | search sys$input sftp.bat, "record format"
SFTP.BAT;2 File ID: (92555,180,0)
Record format: Stream_LF, maximum 0 bytes, longest 18 bytes
SFTP.BAT;1 File ID: (253189,2691,0)
Record format: Variable length, maximum 0 bytes, longest 18 bytes

On the bright side, it only does it once
(unless you delete the new Stream_LF file).

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


Also, in case anyone was wondering:

alp $ sftp '-B' SFTP.BAT alp
-b requires an argument greater than zero.