How to delete file without version or wildcard

[Nick Garroch]

I know this flies in the face of OVMS standards but, I am using BizTalk server 2004 and I trying to get the FTP adapter to work. Unfortunately OVMS is not supported because when it attempts to delete the file it doesn't add an ";" ";1" or "." and OVMS rejects the delete. In does this using a the raw ftp command DELE. This means you are trapped in the FTP procedure and cannot do anything clever in login.com.
Does anyone know of a way to delete a file in OVMS without a version number or wildcard?

[Ian Miller.]

The BizTalk server is communicating with a ftp server and issues a DELE command - is that correct? Which ftp server?

[Karl Rohwedder]

You can try another FTP server, e.g. the FTP server from Hunter Goatley (HGFTP). It can replace your standard server or you can run it in parallel using another port.
It allows deletion of the highest version without specifying a versionnumber.

Example:

FTP> dele TDC$SAP01$050623102008.LOG
250 Delete file BO_USER_1:[ROHWEDDER]TDC$SAP01$050623102008.LOG;1, completed.

For the kit see http://www.process.com/openvms/index.html.

regards Kalle

[Jan Schollaert]

Hi,

Try this :

$ DEFINE /SYSTEM TCPIP$FTP_NO_VERSION 1

Restart ftp service...

Example ftp from Windows XP to VMS:

C:\>ftp xxxxx
Connected to xxxxx.
220 xxxxx FTP Server (Version 5.4) Ready.

ftp> del q.com
250 File USER1:[SCHOLLAERT]Q.COM;1 deleted.
ftp>

Cheers,

Jan

[Karl Rohwedder]

Jan,

this does not work here (TCPIP V5.5-Eco1) and acc. to the documentation the logical name TCPIP$FTP_NO_VERSION suppresses version numbers to be sent using the LS or MGET commands.

Log:

(LNM$SYSTEM_TABLE)

"TCPIP$FTP_NO_VERSION" = "1"

FTP> dele vuw30.trace
550-Failed to delete file vuw30.trace
550 The file specification must contain a version number (even if wildcarded).
FTP>

[Ian Miller.]

I think its the ftp server that is complaining. The logical mentioned affects display of information only.

HG FTP may do what you want.
ftp://ftp.process.com/vms-freeware/fileserv/hgftp.zip

[Jan van den Ende]

Nick,

I know nothing of BizTalk, and more importantly, I do not know how much control you can get over the VMS environment, but yout question

Does anyone know of a way to delete a file in OVMS without a version number or wildcard?

in itself IS solvable, if you can somehow get a logical name defined:

$ DEFINE ;0

and then DELETE

Notice the that is appended to

Now, how you can manage to define that logical bocomes another problem, and I have not the faintest idea about the (im-)possibility of that, but, at least, it IS anoher possible road to a solution.

hth.

Proost.

Have one on me.

jpe

[Jan Schollaert]

Carl,

My example is the output of a test I just did. That proves it works...

Important is that I started the ftp session from a Windows client. When I start the session from a VMS system, I get the error...

Jan

[Jan Schollaert]

Hi Karl,

Also 5.5 on VMS 8.2 work for me. But don't forget to stop/start the ftp service....

220 xxxx FTP Server (Version 5.5) Ready.
User (xxxx:(none)): schollaert
331 Username schollaert requires a Password
Password:
230 User logged in.
ftp> del z.z
250 File USER1:[SCHOLLAERT]Z.Z;1 deleted.
ftp>Best regards,

Jan