Re: MPE FTP transfer into HFS namespace

On: Thu, 25 Sep 2008 17:11:41 -0700, donna hofmeister
<donna@ALLEGRO.COM> wrote:
[color=blue]
>
> I don't think anyone asked....what version of ftp are you (james) running.
> the standard answer is always update to the latest version. ftp is (way)
> easy to update. use autopat...no tape or reboot needed.[/color]

Version info:

:ftp
File Transfer Protocol [A0012E07] (C) Hewlett-Packard Co. 2002 [PASSIVE
SUPPORT]
ftp>

Thanks for all of the suggestions. I regret the delay in replying to some
of them, but as I am a digest subscriber I did not see all of them until
this morning.

There are a few points about my situation.

1. We are not on HP support and have not been since shortly after the 2001
announcement of the HP3000 end of life.

2. The current OS on the system is:
RELEASE: C.75.00 MPE/iX HP31900 C.45.05 USER VERSION: C.75.00

3. It has probably been 8 years since I last used autopat, or autopatch or
whatever it was called, and my recollections of it do not extend beyond
the "Oh yeah... I recall something like that" level of detail.

I googled for info on this utility/script and I searched my system but I
came up empty on any meaningful references.

So, what I now need are detailed answers to two questions:

1. May I update my HP3000 ftp client without having to contract for
services from HP?

2. If so, then exactly what steps do I follow? A recipe is what I need.

Regards,

--
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James B. Byrne mailto:ByrneJB@Harte-Lyne.ca
Harte & Lyne Limited [url]http://www.harte-lyne.ca[/url]
9 Brockley Drive vox: +1 905 561 1241
Hamilton, Ontario fax: +1 905 561 0757
Canada L8E 3C3

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you're several versions back.

*ADVISEMENT* -- autopat is NOT the preferred patching tool. however in this
particular case a 'design feature' in patch/ix makes updating ftp a bloody
pain. normally, you DO want to use patch/ix!

so...to start at the beginning...

connecting to the itrc and doing a 7.5 patch search for ftp, you'll see that
this...
http://www12.itrc.hp.com/service/patch/patchDetail.do?patchid=FTPHDJ5A&sel={
mpeix:c.75.00,}&BC=main|search|
....is the current release of ftp.

(a quick read of the fixes indicates that (oh!) there is a repair for
connecting with linux systems (well how about that))

the next thing to do is get a copy of the patch installation guide:
[url]http://www12.itrc.hp.com/service/patch/wrap.do?pageKey=patch.html.patchDBMPE[/url]
UsageGuide&BC=main|search|

- make sure you get an up-to-date copy of unpackp. if you haven't patched
in a while (years) -- it's very worthwile.
- for ftp you'll be using autopat, not patch/ix. HOWEVER, it's still a
*good idea* to make sure patch/ix is up-to-date too.

you can get patch/ix here:
[url]http://www12.itrc.hp.com/service/patch/wrap.do?pageKey=patch.html.patchDBMPE[/url]
DownloadPatchixHelp

-----------------------

as alfredo says -- read your directions like a love letter (eg, carefully,
thoroughly and repeatedly). patching on mpe is relatively easy but if
you're unfamiliar with the process the installation guide is invaluable.

(did I mention it's a really good idea to have local *copies* (plural) of
these instructions?)

------------------------

so jumping forward in time a bit....

you've made a quick backup of @.arpa.sys... (ftp is NOT in use, right??)

....and unpackp, patch/ix and your bright shiny ftp patch are all on your
system.

log on as MANAGER.SYS,INSTALL.

you need to unpackage your patch according to the patching tool you're going
to use. since you're going to use autopat. use the following command:

:UNPACKP MPEIX01A, AUTOPAT

upon completion, UNPACKP will place all component patch files in the proper
group and account. AUTOPAT places files in the PATCHXL.TELESUP group and
account. (do a listfile for warm fuzzies)

since being logged on into the INSTALL group is unusual, it's a good idea to
do a normal manager.sys log on now.

start the patch installation process by entering the following:

:XEQ AUTOPAT.PATCHXL.TELESUP

AUTOPAT builds a workgroup, PATCHXL.SYS, and does most of its work from
there. there's an outside chance that the group PATCHXL.SYS already exists
and autopat will be quite unhappy about that. being the mild-mannered
script (did I mention autopat was a script?) that it is, it polite tells you
exactly what to do -- PURGEGROUP PATCHXL.SYS (copy-n-paste is wonderful ;-).

You will prompted to enter your name and the passwords for MANAGER.SYS. The
system will turn the terminal's echo off, so the passwords will not appear
as you type them in. You will be prompted as follows:

(AUTOPAT) (your reply)
--------- ------------
Your name: <<your name>>
Account password for MANAGER.SYS: <<password or return if none>>
User password for MANAGER.SYS: <<password or return if none>>

Repeat passwords for confirmation;

Account password for MANAGER.SYS: <<password or return if none>>
User password for MANAGER.SYS: <<password or return if none>>

next AUTOPAT will prompt you to enter the patch ID(s) for the patch(es) you
will install. for 7.5, the (latest) patch id is: FTPHDJ5A. since autopat
can apply several patches at once it will prompt for another patch id. use
// to terminate the prompting loop.

autopat will construct a patch installation job then it will then prompt you
to "STREAM PATINSTL.PATCHXL"....which you do...and let the job run.

since this is ftp that you're patching all that needs to be done is to
stream this job. there will be no tape to create, no cslt creation and no
update from (cslt) tape. clean and simple.

now when you run ftp.arpa.sys -- you should see an update version number.
- d

---
Donna Hofmeister
Allegro Consultants, Inc.
408-252-2330

[color=blue]
> -----Original Message-----
> From: HP-3000 Systems Discussion [mailto:HP3000-L@RAVEN.UTC.EDU] On
> Behalf Of James B. Byrne
> Sent: Friday, September 26, 2008 8:56 AM
> To: [email]HP3000-L@RAVEN.UTC.EDU[/email]
> Subject: Re: [HP3000-L] MPE FTP transfer into HFS namespace
>
> On: Thu, 25 Sep 2008 17:11:41 -0700, donna hofmeister
> <donna@ALLEGRO.COM> wrote:
>[color=green]
> >
> > I don't think anyone asked....what version of ftp are you (james)[/color]
> running.[color=green]
> > the standard answer is always update to the latest version. ftp is[/color]
> (way)[color=green]
> > easy to update. use autopat...no tape or reboot needed.[/color]
>
> Version info:
>
> :ftp
> File Transfer Protocol [A0012E07] (C) Hewlett-Packard Co. 2002 [PASSIVE
> SUPPORT]
> ftp>
>
> Thanks for all of the suggestions. I regret the delay in replying to
> some
> of them, but as I am a digest subscriber I did not see all of them
> until
> this morning.
>
> There are a few points about my situation.
>
> 1. We are not on HP support and have not been since shortly after the
> 2001
> announcement of the HP3000 end of life.
>
> 2. The current OS on the system is:
> RELEASE: C.75.00 MPE/iX HP31900 C.45.05 USER VERSION: C.75.00
>
> 3. It has probably been 8 years since I last used autopat, or autopatch
> or
> whatever it was called, and my recollections of it do not extend beyond
> the "Oh yeah... I recall something like that" level of detail.
>
> I googled for info on this utility/script and I searched my system but
> I
> came up empty on any meaningful references.
>
> So, what I now need are detailed answers to two questions:
>
> 1. May I update my HP3000 ftp client without having to contract for
> services from HP?
>
> 2. If so, then exactly what steps do I follow? A recipe is what I
> need.
>
> Regards,
>
> --
> *** E-Mail is NOT a SECURE channel ***
> James B. Byrne mailto:ByrneJB@Harte-Lyne.ca
> Harte & Lyne Limited [url]http://www.harte-lyne.ca[/url]
> 9 Brockley Drive vox: +1 905 561 1241
> Hamilton, Ontario fax: +1 905 561 0757
> Canada L8E 3C3
>
> * To join/leave the list, search archives, change list settings, *
> * etc., please visit [url]http://raven.utc.edu/archives/hp3000-l.html[/url] *[/color]

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of course, the correct unpackp command is:

UNPACKP FTPHDJ5A,AUTOPAT

(and sometime, copy-n-paste isn't so wonderful :-) - d

---
Donna Hofmeister
Allegro Consultants, Inc.
408-252-2330

[color=blue]
> -----Original Message-----
> From: donna hofmeister [mailto:donna@allegro.com]
> Sent: Friday, September 26, 2008 10:10 AM
> To: 'James B. Byrne'; 'HP3000-L@RAVEN.UTC.EDU'
> Subject: RE: [HP3000-L] MPE FTP transfer into HFS namespace
>
> you're several versions back.
>
> *ADVISEMENT* -- autopat is NOT the preferred patching tool. however in
> this particular case a 'design feature' in patch/ix makes updating ftp
> a bloody pain. normally, you DO want to use patch/ix!
>
> so...to start at the beginning...
>
> connecting to the itrc and doing a 7.5 patch search for ftp, you'll see
> that this...
> [url]http://www12.itrc.hp.com/service/patch/patchDetail.do?patchid=FTPHDJ5A&[/url]
> sel={mpeix:c.75.00,}&BC=main|search|
> ...is the current release of ftp.
>
> (a quick read of the fixes indicates that (oh!) there is a repair for
> connecting with linux systems (well how about that))
>
> the next thing to do is get a copy of the patch installation guide:
> [url]http://www12.itrc.hp.com/service/patch/wrap.do?pageKey=patch.html.patch[/url]
> DBMPEUsageGuide&BC=main|search|
>
> - make sure you get an up-to-date copy of unpackp. if you haven't
> patched in a while (years) -- it's very worthwile.
> - for ftp you'll be using autopat, not patch/ix. HOWEVER, it's still a
> *good idea* to make sure patch/ix is up-to-date too.
>
> you can get patch/ix here:
> [url]http://www12.itrc.hp.com/service/patch/wrap.do?pageKey=patch.html.patch[/url]
> DBMPEDownloadPatchixHelp
>
> -----------------------
>
> as alfredo says -- read your directions like a love letter (eg,
> carefully, thoroughly and repeatedly). patching on mpe is relatively
> easy but if you're unfamiliar with the process the installation guide
> is invaluable.
>
> (did I mention it's a really good idea to have local *copies* (plural)
> of these instructions?)
>
> ------------------------
>
> so jumping forward in time a bit....
>
> you've made a quick backup of @.arpa.sys... (ftp is NOT in use,
> right??)
>
> ...and unpackp, patch/ix and your bright shiny ftp patch are all on
> your system.
>
> log on as MANAGER.SYS,INSTALL.
>
> you need to unpackage your patch according to the patching tool you're
> going to use. since you're going to use autopat. use the following
> command:
>
> :UNPACKP MPEIX01A, AUTOPAT
>
> upon completion, UNPACKP will place all component patch files in the
> proper group and account. AUTOPAT places files in the PATCHXL.TELESUP
> group and account. (do a listfile for warm fuzzies)
>
> since being logged on into the INSTALL group is unusual, it's a good
> idea to do a normal manager.sys log on now.
>
> start the patch installation process by entering the following:
>
> :XEQ AUTOPAT.PATCHXL.TELESUP
>
> AUTOPAT builds a workgroup, PATCHXL.SYS, and does most of its work from
> there. there's an outside chance that the group PATCHXL.SYS already
> exists and autopat will be quite unhappy about that. being the mild-
> mannered script (did I mention autopat was a script?) that it is, it
> polite tells you exactly what to do -- PURGEGROUP PATCHXL.SYS (copy-n-
> paste is wonderful ;-).
>
> You will prompted to enter your name and the passwords for MANAGER.SYS.
> The system will turn the terminal's echo off, so the passwords will not
> appear as you type them in. You will be prompted as follows:
>
> (AUTOPAT) (your reply)
> --------- ------------
> Your name: <<your name>>
> Account password for MANAGER.SYS: <<password or return if none>>
> User password for MANAGER.SYS: <<password or return if none>>
>
> Repeat passwords for confirmation;
>
> Account password for MANAGER.SYS: <<password or return if none>>
> User password for MANAGER.SYS: <<password or return if none>>
>
> next AUTOPAT will prompt you to enter the patch ID(s) for the patch(es)
> you will install. for 7.5, the (latest) patch id is: FTPHDJ5A. since
> autopat can apply several patches at once it will prompt for another
> patch id. use // to terminate the prompting loop.
>
> autopat will construct a patch installation job then it will then
> prompt you to "STREAM PATINSTL.PATCHXL"....which you do...and let the
> job run.
>
> since this is ftp that you're patching all that needs to be done is to
> stream this job. there will be no tape to create, no cslt creation and
> no update from (cslt) tape. clean and simple.
>
> now when you run ftp.arpa.sys -- you should see an update version
> number. - d
>
> ---
> Donna Hofmeister
> Allegro Consultants, Inc.
> 408-252-2330
>
>[color=green]
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: HP-3000 Systems Discussion [mailto:HP3000-L@RAVEN.UTC.EDU] On
> > Behalf Of James B. Byrne
> > Sent: Friday, September 26, 2008 8:56 AM
> > To: [email]HP3000-L@RAVEN.UTC.EDU[/email]
> > Subject: Re: [HP3000-L] MPE FTP transfer into HFS namespace
> >
> > On: Thu, 25 Sep 2008 17:11:41 -0700, donna hofmeister
> > <donna@ALLEGRO.COM> wrote:
> >[color=darkred]
> > >
> > > I don't think anyone asked....what version of ftp are you (james)[/color]
> > running.[color=darkred]
> > > the standard answer is always update to the latest version. ftp is[/color]
> > (way)[color=darkred]
> > > easy to update. use autopat...no tape or reboot needed.[/color]
> >
> > Version info:
> >
> > :ftp
> > File Transfer Protocol [A0012E07] (C) Hewlett-Packard Co. 2002[/color]
> [PASSIVE[color=green]
> > SUPPORT]
> > ftp>
> >
> > Thanks for all of the suggestions. I regret the delay in replying to
> > some
> > of them, but as I am a digest subscriber I did not see all of them
> > until
> > this morning.
> >
> > There are a few points about my situation.
> >
> > 1. We are not on HP support and have not been since shortly after the
> > 2001
> > announcement of the HP3000 end of life.
> >
> > 2. The current OS on the system is:
> > RELEASE: C.75.00 MPE/iX HP31900 C.45.05 USER VERSION: C.75.00
> >
> > 3. It has probably been 8 years since I last used autopat, or[/color]
> autopatch[color=green]
> > or
> > whatever it was called, and my recollections of it do not extend[/color]
> beyond[color=green]
> > the "Oh yeah... I recall something like that" level of detail.
> >
> > I googled for info on this utility/script and I searched my system[/color]
> but[color=green]
> > I
> > came up empty on any meaningful references.
> >
> > So, what I now need are detailed answers to two questions:
> >
> > 1. May I update my HP3000 ftp client without having to contract for
> > services from HP?
> >
> > 2. If so, then exactly what steps do I follow? A recipe is what I
> > need.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > --
> > *** E-Mail is NOT a SECURE channel ***
> > James B. Byrne mailto:ByrneJB@Harte-Lyne.ca
> > Harte & Lyne Limited [url]http://www.harte-lyne.ca[/url]
> > 9 Brockley Drive vox: +1 905 561 1241
> > Hamilton, Ontario fax: +1 905 561 0757
> > Canada L8E 3C3
> >
> > * To join/leave the list, search archives, change list settings, *
> > * etc., please visit [url]http://raven.utc.edu/archives/hp3000-l.html[/url] *[/color][/color]

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to prove it really is easy.... - d
--------------------------------------------

:# is my unpackp new enough?
: listfile unpackp.install,3
********************
FILE: UNPACKP.INSTALL.SYS

FILE CODE : 0 FOPTIONS: ASCII,FIXED,NOCCTL,STD
BLK FACTOR: 3 CREATOR : **
REC SIZE: 80(BYTES) LOCKWORD: **
BLK SIZE: 240(BYTES) SECURITY--READ : ANY
EXT SIZE: 74(SECT) WRITE : ANY
NUM REC: 218 APPEND : ANY
NUM SEC: 80 LOCK : ANY
NUM EXT: 1 EXECUTE : ANY
MAX REC: 218 **SECURITY IS ON
MAX EXT: 1 FLAGS : NO ACCESSORS
NUM LABELS: 0 CREATED : TUE, JUN 5, 2007, 4:24 PM
MAX LABELS: 0 MODIFIED: TUE, JUN 5, 2007, 4:24 PM
DISC DEV #: 1 ACCESSED: WED, DEC 5, 2007, 3:11 PM
SEC OFFSET: 0 LABEL ADDR: **
VOLCLASS : MPEXL_SYSTEM_VOLUME_SET:DISC
:# it's good to go


: hello donna,manager.sys,install
CPU=9. Connect=65. FRI, SEP 26, 2008, 10:10 AM.
ENTER USER (MANAGER) PASSWORD:

HP3000 Release: C.75.00 User Version: C.75.03 FRI, SEP 26, 2008, 10:10
AM
MPE/iX HP31900 C.45.05 Copyright Hewlett-Packard 1987. All rights
reserved.
:# ftp is back a version on this system (12G) so let's update it
: ftp.arpa ftp.itrc.hp.com
File Transfer Protocol [A0012G13] (C) Hewlett-Packard Co. 2002 [PASSIVE
SUPPORT]

220-
220-Welcome to the IT Resource Center ftp server
220-------------------------------------------------------
220-
220-You are user 298, and there is a limit of 800 simultaneous accesses.
220-
220-Log in as user "anonymous" (using your e-mail address as your password)
220-to retrieve available patches for HP-UX, OpenVMS, True64, MPE/iX, and
220-other platforms.
220-
220-If you are a user of other HP ITRC services, log in with your
220-HP ITRC User ID and password to retrieve your files.
220-
220-
220 g1u1297 FTP server (HP ASL ftpd, version(434)) ready.
Connected to ftp.itrc.hp.com (15.216.76.113). (FTPINFO 40)
Name(manager): anonymous
331 Guest login ok, send your complete e-mail address as password.
Password:
230 Guest login ok, access restrictions apply.
Remote system type is UNIX
ftp> cd mpe-ix_patches/c.75.00
250 CWD command successful.
ftp> byte
200 Type set to L (byte size 8).
ftp> dir FTP*
200 PORT command successful.
150 Opening ASCII mode data connection for /bin/ls.
-rw-r--r-- 1 21164 12753 904960 Oct 13 2007 FTPHDJ5A
-rw-r--r-- 1 21164 12753 11526 Apr 26 09:36 FTPHDJ5A.txt
226 Transfer complete.
140 bytes received in 0.00 seconds (45.57 Kbytes/sec)
ftp> get FTPHDJ5A
200 PORT command successful.
150 Opening BINARY mode data connection for FTPHDJ5A (904960 bytes).
226 Transfer complete.
904960 bytes received in 5.44 seconds (162.48 Kbytes/sec)
ftp> quit
221 Goodbye.
: unpackp FTPHDJ5A,autopat

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The patch ID (SCO number) is FTPHDJ5A
The Patch Tool is AUTOPAT

Step 1: Converting the file from bytestream to MPE format.
Note that this may take several minutes on a large patch.


Step 2: Using STORE/RESTORE to unpack the file...



Patch FTPHDJ5A has been unpacked successfully.

: hello donna,manager.sys
CPU=1. Connect=4. FRI, SEP 26, 2008, 10:14 AM.
ENTER USER (MANAGER) PASSWORD:

HP3000 Release: C.75.00 User Version: C.75.03 FRI, SEP 26, 2008, 10:14
AM
MPE/iX HP31900 C.45.05 Copyright Hewlett-Packard 1987. All rights
reserved.
Mombi: XEQ AUTOPAT.PATCHXL.TELESUP

AUTOPAT: Start of patch installation procedure.

All patch files must have previously been restored to PATCHXL.TELESUP.

AUTOPAT Version: A.02.26 Patch Product ID compatible
newgroup patchxl.sys;cap=ia,ba,pm,ph;access=(r,w,l,a,s:al;x:ac)
Duplicate name in directory. (CIERR 906)
Error: Workgroup PATCHXL.SYS already exists.
**************************************************************
* *
* Please save any files of value to you on PATCHXL.SYS. *
* Then PURGEGROUP PATCHXL.SYS. AUTOPAT will recreate *
* PATCHXL.SYS to use as a work area. *
* *
**************************************************************

: PURGEGROUP PATCHXL.SYS
GROUP PATCHXL.SYS TO BE PURGED? (YES/NO)yes
: XEQ AUTOPAT.PATCHXL.TELESUP

AUTOPAT: Start of patch installation procedure.

All patch files must have previously been restored to PATCHXL.TELESUP.

AUTOPAT Version: A.02.26 Patch Product ID compatible

Your name and a time stamp will be saved in the patch installation
record in HPSWINFO.PUB.SYS. Please enter your name.

Name:donna hofmeister

You must give the passwords for MANAGER.SYS, which will be
inserted into the patch job. You will be asked to confirm
the account password and the user password.

NOTE: The patch job with the passwords will be on the work
group PATCHXL.SYS. If the patch job succeeds, it
purges PATCHXL.SYS - erasing the record of passwords.

IF THERE ARE NO PASSWORDS, you may press "return" at the prompts.

Password for SYS account:

Password for user MANAGER.SYS:

Repeat passwords for confirmation

Password for SYS account:

Password for user MANAGER.SYS:

Enter the patch ID's for the patches you wish installed.

Type // or carriage return when you are finished with the list.

Patch ID:FTPHDJ5A
Patch ID://


END OF PROGRAM

Patch Job file built. To install patches, type:

stream PATINSTL.PATCHXL

A system load tape will NOT be required by this patch job.

: stream PATINSTL.PATCHXL
#J36

:# wait about 30 seconds for the job to finish
: ftp.arpa
File Transfer Protocol [A0012H14] (C) Hewlett-Packard Co. 2002 [PASSIVE
SUPPORT]

ftp> quit
:# sublime happiness

- d (the whole thing maybe took 5 minutes to do)

---
Donna Hofmeister
Allegro Consultants, Inc.
408-252-2330

[color=blue]
> -----Original Message-----
> From: HP-3000 Systems Discussion [mailto:HP3000-L@RAVEN.UTC.EDU] On
> Behalf Of James B. Byrne
> Sent: Friday, September 26, 2008 8:56 AM
> To: [email]HP3000-L@RAVEN.UTC.EDU[/email]
> Subject: Re: [HP3000-L] MPE FTP transfer into HFS namespace
>
> On: Thu, 25 Sep 2008 17:11:41 -0700, donna hofmeister
> <donna@ALLEGRO.COM> wrote:
>[color=green]
> >
> > I don't think anyone asked....what version of ftp are you (james)[/color]
> running.[color=green]
> > the standard answer is always update to the latest version. ftp is[/color]
> (way)[color=green]
> > easy to update. use autopat...no tape or reboot needed.[/color]
>
> Version info:
>
> :ftp
> File Transfer Protocol [A0012E07] (C) Hewlett-Packard Co. 2002 [PASSIVE
> SUPPORT]
> ftp>
>
> Thanks for all of the suggestions. I regret the delay in replying to
> some
> of them, but as I am a digest subscriber I did not see all of them
> until
> this morning.
>
> There are a few points about my situation.
>
> 1. We are not on HP support and have not been since shortly after the
> 2001
> announcement of the HP3000 end of life.
>
> 2. The current OS on the system is:
> RELEASE: C.75.00 MPE/iX HP31900 C.45.05 USER VERSION: C.75.00
>
> 3. It has probably been 8 years since I last used autopat, or autopatch
> or
> whatever it was called, and my recollections of it do not extend beyond
> the "Oh yeah... I recall something like that" level of detail.
>
> I googled for info on this utility/script and I searched my system but
> I
> came up empty on any meaningful references.
>
> So, what I now need are detailed answers to two questions:
>
> 1. May I update my HP3000 ftp client without having to contract for
> services from HP?
>
> 2. If so, then exactly what steps do I follow? A recipe is what I
> need.
>
> Regards,
>
> --
> *** E-Mail is NOT a SECURE channel ***
> James B. Byrne mailto:ByrneJB@Harte-Lyne.ca
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First of all, thank you Donna for excellent instructions and for the time
that you took to do this (even if as you claim it was only 5 minutes it
was worth an eternity to me). Your message will remain an invaluable aide
memoire for this process.

However, the update has not changed the behaviour of the ftp client:

:ftp
File Transfer Protocol [A0012H14] (C) Hewlett-Packard Co. 2002 [PASSIVE
SUPPORT]
ftp> open 192.168.219.1
220 (vsFTPd 2.0.5)
Connected to 192.168.219.1. (FTPINFO 40)
Name(manager): anonymous
331 Please specify the password.
Password:
230 Login successful.
Remote system type is UNIX
ftp> byte
200 Switching to Binary mode.
ftp> cd ftp-drop
250 Directory successfully changed.
ftp> dir
200 PORT command successful. Consider using PASV.
150 Here comes the directory listing.
-rw-r----- 1 14 50 506740992 Sep 26 08:07 STDHAL.1.1
-rw-r----- 1 14 50 325265920 Sep 26 08:19 STDHAL.2.1
-rw-r----- 1 14 50 561713920 Sep 26 08:41 STDHAL.3.1
-rw-r----- 1 14 50 564188160 Sep 26 09:03 STDHAL.4.1
-rw-r----- 1 14 50 9747456 Sep 25 18:03 TEST.1.1
-rw-r----- 1 14 50 18894848 Sep 25 18:04 TEST.2.1
-rw-r----- 1 14 50 7290624 Sep 25 18:04 TEST.3.1
-rw-r----- 1 14 50 8643840 Sep 25 18:04 TEST.4.1
226 Directory send OK.
540 bytes received in 0.06 seconds (8.11 Kbytes/sec)
ftp> mget ./TEST*
200 PORT command successful. Consider using PASV.
150 Here comes the directory listing.
226 Directory send OK.
40 bytes received in 0.04 seconds (1.03 Kbytes/sec)
mget TEST.1.1? y
The group name provided did not start with an alphabetic character.
(FILE SYSTEM ERROR -117)

Any ideas?

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Here's a SWAG,

mget ./TEST* ./

or

mget ./TEST* /SYS/PUB/ftp-drop/

-Craig

I may have some time to test this in a bit.


--- On Fri, 9/26/08, James B. Byrne <byrnejb@HARTE-LYNE.CA> wrote:
[color=blue]
> From: James B. Byrne <byrnejb@HARTE-LYNE.CA>
> Subject: Re: MPE FTP transfer into HFS namespace
> To: [email]HP3000-L@RAVEN.UTC.EDU[/email]
> Date: Friday, September 26, 2008, 1:46 PM
> First of all, thank you Donna for excellent instructions and
> for the time
> that you took to do this (even if as you claim it was only
> 5 minutes it
> was worth an eternity to me). Your message will remain an
> invaluable aide
> memoire for this process.
>
> However, the update has not changed the behaviour of the
> ftp client:
>
> :ftp
> File Transfer Protocol [A0012H14] (C) Hewlett-Packard Co.
> 2002 [PASSIVE
> SUPPORT]
> ftp> open 192.168.219.1
> 220 (vsFTPd 2.0.5)
> Connected to 192.168.219.1. (FTPINFO 40)
> Name(manager): anonymous
> 331 Please specify the password.
> Password:
> 230 Login successful.
> Remote system type is UNIX
> ftp> byte
> 200 Switching to Binary mode.
> ftp> cd ftp-drop
> 250 Directory successfully changed.
> ftp> dir
> 200 PORT command successful. Consider using PASV.
> 150 Here comes the directory listing.
> -rw-r----- 1 14 50 506740992 Sep 26 08:07
> STDHAL.1.1
> -rw-r----- 1 14 50 325265920 Sep 26 08:19
> STDHAL.2.1
> -rw-r----- 1 14 50 561713920 Sep 26 08:41
> STDHAL.3.1
> -rw-r----- 1 14 50 564188160 Sep 26 09:03
> STDHAL.4.1
> -rw-r----- 1 14 50 9747456 Sep 25 18:03
> TEST.1.1
> -rw-r----- 1 14 50 18894848 Sep 25 18:04
> TEST.2.1
> -rw-r----- 1 14 50 7290624 Sep 25 18:04
> TEST.3.1
> -rw-r----- 1 14 50 8643840 Sep 25 18:04
> TEST.4.1
> 226 Directory send OK.
> 540 bytes received in 0.06 seconds (8.11 Kbytes/sec)
> ftp> mget ./TEST*
> 200 PORT command successful. Consider using PASV.
> 150 Here comes the directory listing.
> 226 Directory send OK.
> 40 bytes received in 0.04 seconds (1.03 Kbytes/sec)
> mget TEST.1.1? y
> The group name provided did not start with an alphabetic
> character.
> (FILE SYSTEM ERROR -117)
>
> Any ideas?
>
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> Harte & Lyne Limited [url]http://www.harte-lyne.ca[/url]
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not for mget. the syntax is:

MGET remotefiles [;buildparms] [;move]

(note -- there is no 'local' file parameter) - d

---
Donna Hofmeister
Allegro Consultants, Inc.
408-252-2330

[color=blue]
> -----Original Message-----
> From: HP-3000 Systems Discussion [mailto:HP3000-L@RAVEN.UTC.EDU] On
> Behalf Of Craig Lalley
> Sent: Friday, September 26, 2008 1:10 PM
> To: [email]HP3000-L@RAVEN.UTC.EDU[/email]
> Subject: Re: [HP3000-L] MPE FTP transfer into HFS namespace
>
> Here's a SWAG,
>
> mget ./TEST* ./
>
> or
>
> mget ./TEST* /SYS/PUB/ftp-drop/
>
> -Craig
>
> I may have some time to test this in a bit.
>
>
> --- On Fri, 9/26/08, James B. Byrne <byrnejb@HARTE-LYNE.CA> wrote:
>[color=green]
> > From: James B. Byrne <byrnejb@HARTE-LYNE.CA>
> > Subject: Re: MPE FTP transfer into HFS namespace
> > To: [email]HP3000-L@RAVEN.UTC.EDU[/email]
> > Date: Friday, September 26, 2008, 1:46 PM
> > First of all, thank you Donna for excellent instructions and
> > for the time
> > that you took to do this (even if as you claim it was only
> > 5 minutes it
> > was worth an eternity to me). Your message will remain an
> > invaluable aide
> > memoire for this process.
> >
> > However, the update has not changed the behaviour of the
> > ftp client:
> >
> > :ftp
> > File Transfer Protocol [A0012H14] (C) Hewlett-Packard Co.
> > 2002 [PASSIVE
> > SUPPORT]
> > ftp> open 192.168.219.1
> > 220 (vsFTPd 2.0.5)
> > Connected to 192.168.219.1. (FTPINFO 40)
> > Name(manager): anonymous
> > 331 Please specify the password.
> > Password:
> > 230 Login successful.
> > Remote system type is UNIX
> > ftp> byte
> > 200 Switching to Binary mode.
> > ftp> cd ftp-drop
> > 250 Directory successfully changed.
> > ftp> dir
> > 200 PORT command successful. Consider using PASV.
> > 150 Here comes the directory listing.
> > -rw-r----- 1 14 50 506740992 Sep 26 08:07
> > STDHAL.1.1
> > -rw-r----- 1 14 50 325265920 Sep 26 08:19
> > STDHAL.2.1
> > -rw-r----- 1 14 50 561713920 Sep 26 08:41
> > STDHAL.3.1
> > -rw-r----- 1 14 50 564188160 Sep 26 09:03
> > STDHAL.4.1
> > -rw-r----- 1 14 50 9747456 Sep 25 18:03
> > TEST.1.1
> > -rw-r----- 1 14 50 18894848 Sep 25 18:04
> > TEST.2.1
> > -rw-r----- 1 14 50 7290624 Sep 25 18:04
> > TEST.3.1
> > -rw-r----- 1 14 50 8643840 Sep 25 18:04
> > TEST.4.1
> > 226 Directory send OK.
> > 540 bytes received in 0.06 seconds (8.11 Kbytes/sec)
> > ftp> mget ./TEST*
> > 200 PORT command successful. Consider using PASV.
> > 150 Here comes the directory listing.
> > 226 Directory send OK.
> > 40 bytes received in 0.04 seconds (1.03 Kbytes/sec)
> > mget TEST.1.1? y
> > The group name provided did not start with an alphabetic
> > character.
> > (FILE SYSTEM ERROR -117)
> >
> > Any ideas?
> >
> > --
> > *** E-Mail is NOT a SECURE channel ***
> > James B. Byrne mailto:ByrneJB@Harte-Lyne.ca
> > Harte & Lyne Limited [url]http://www.harte-lyne.ca[/url]
> > 9 Brockley Drive vox: +1 905 561 1241
> > Hamilton, Ontario fax: +1 905 561 0757
> > Canada L8E 3C3
> >
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