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I'm trying to create something in linux that I can run from the accuterm esc:stx command. I wanted to connect to FTP, login, and send a get and/or  push command but it doesn't seem to be executing the statements:

ftp nnn.nnn.nn.nnn
ibmftp
**passwd**
cd /BizApp/Parts/Test
binary
put "KAlside.pdf"

bye

I've tried 'echo' and using the <  to pass in the data... not working. Anyone have something like this?

Thanks

The ESC:STX command tells AccuTerm to execute something on your local machine. It's not running the command on the Linux host.  I assume that what you're trying to do is make your host machine connect to the ftp server and download the files. Is that correct?

If you're connected to a Linux machine there are a number of methods you can  use.  If you're using Universe you can use the SH command to execute a Linux command. You can use the pipe function to feed a file into the command or write a bash script on the fly and execute it.

What version of MVDB are you using and what version of Linux are you connecting to?

I'm trying to create something in linux that I can run from the accuterm esc:stx command. I wanted to connect to FTP, login, and send a get and/or  push command but it doesn't seem to be executing the statements:

ftp nnn.nnn.nn.nnn
ibmftp
**passwd**
cd /BizApp/Parts/Test
binary
put "KAlside.pdf"

bye

I've tried 'echo' and using the <  to pass in the data... not working. Anyone have something like this?

Thanks

Yes, I tried putting something in linux and then using accuterm to kick it off but it couldn't get past the login and password - I've not really done any scripts

we're on universe 11 and linux redhat

The ESC:STX command tells AccuTerm to execute something on your local machine. It's not running the command on the Linux host.  I assume that what you're trying to do is make your host machine connect to the ftp server and download the files. Is that correct?

If you're connected to a Linux machine there are a number of methods you can  use.  If you're using Universe you can use the SH command to execute a Linux command. You can use the pipe function to feed a file into the command or write a bash script on the fly and execute it.

What version of MVDB are you using and what version of Linux are you connecting to?

I'm trying to create something in linux that I can run from the accuterm esc:stx command. I wanted to connect to FTP, login, and send a get and/or  push command but it doesn't seem to be executing the statements:

ftp nnn.nnn.nn.nnn
ibmftp
**passwd**
cd /BizApp/Parts/Test
binary
put "KAlside.pdf"

bye

I've tried 'echo' and using the <  to pass in the data... not working. Anyone have something like this?

Thanks

I'm trying to create something in linux that I can run from the accuterm esc:stx command. I wanted to connect to FTP, login, and send a get and/or  push command but it doesn't seem to be executing the statements:

ftp nnn.nnn.nn.nnn
ibmftp
**passwd**
cd /BizApp/Parts/Test
binary
put "KAlside.pdf"

bye

I've tried 'echo' and using the <  to pass in the data... not working. Anyone have something like this?

Thanks

This is  probably how I would do it. You want to have a file you can pipe into the ftp command to feed it all the parameters. That file would basically be the commands from your example.   Lets call it "MY_FTP_PARAMETERS".  The contents would be the lines from your example;

ibmftp
**passwd**
cd /BizApp/Parts/Test
binary
put "KAlside.pdf"

bye * 

Once you have that file you can execute the following Linux command:

ftp < MY_FTP_PARAMETERS

You can test this from the Linux shell.  All you have to do is create the text file with your parameters.  I use nano which is a very simple Linux text editor.

Once you have the parameter file working you can use the Universe SH command to execute it.  From the Universe TCL prompt:

SH -c "ftp < MY_FTP_PARAMETERS"

Once you've got it working there are a number of ways you can create the parameter file from Universe using Basic. Here are some examples;

* Example 1 of using OPENSEQ to create a linux file.
OPENSEQ "/home/jgold/MY_FTP_PARAMETERS" to PARAMETERS.FILE ELSE
    * If the file doesn't exist, this will create it using the PARAMETERS.FILE variable
    CREATE PARAMETERS.FILE ELSE 
        PRINT 'CANNOT CREATE THE PARAMETERS FILE'
        STOP
     END
END
* write your parameters
WRITESEQ "ibmftp" ON PARAMETERS.FILE ELSE NULL
WRITESEQ '**passwd**' ON PARAMETERS.FILE ELSE NULL
WRITESEQ 'cd /BizApp/Parts/Test' ON PARAMETERS.FILE ELSE NULL
WRITESEQ 'binary' ON PARAMETERS.FILE ELSE NULL
WRITESEQ 'put "KAlside.pdf"' ON PARAMETERS.FILE ELSE NULL
WRITESEQ '' ON PARAMETERS.FILE ELSE NULL
WRITESEQ 'bye' ON PARAMETERS.FILE ELSE NULL
* close the file
CLOSESEQ PARAMETERS.FILE
* execute ftp feeding it the above parameters
CMD = 'SH -c "ftp < /home/jgold/MY_FTP_PARAMETERS"'
EXECUTE CMD

* Example 2. Instead of doing multiple WRITESEQ we'll build the entire file using
* line feeds to separate the parameters and write it all out at once.
OPENSEQ "/home/jgold/MY_FTP_PARAMETERS" to PARAMETERS.FILE ELSE
    CREATE PARAMETERS.FILE ELSE
        PRINT 'CANNOT CREATE THE PARAMETERS FILE'
        STOP
     END
END

LF = CHAR(10)
PARAMS = 'ibmftp':LF:'**passwd**':LF:'cd /BizApp/Parts/Test':LF:'binary':LF:'put "KAlside.pdf"':LF:'':LF:'bye'
WRITESEQ PARAMS ON PARAMETERS.FILE ELSE
   PRINT 'COULD NOT WRITE PARAMETERS'
   STOP
END

CMD = 'SH -c "ftp < /home/jgold/MY_FTP_PARAMETERS"'
EXECUTE CMD

* Example 3 - Use a BP file to write the parameters.
* ON my system I have Universe file named "BP.JG". It's an F pointer to "/home/jgold/BP.JG".  When
* I'm logged onto Universe I can access it like any Universe file. Since it's a Universe type 19 files, items
* in the file become normal Linux files.

OPEN 'BP.JG' TO BP.FILE ELSE STOP 201,'BP.JG'
* Lets build a normal attribute delimited dynamic array with our parameters.
PARAMS = 'ibmftp':@AM:'**passwd**':@AM:'cd /BizApp/Parts/Test':@AM:'binary':@AM:'put "KAlside.pdf"':@AM:'':@AM:'bye'
* and just write it to the BP.JG file
WRITE PARAMS ON BP.FILE, 'MY_FTP_PARAMETERS'

* Since the MY_FTP_PARAMETERS item is in the BP.JG file the full path to the item becomes
* /home/jgold/BP.JG/MY_FTP_PARAMETERS. Universe translates the attribute marks to line feeds automatically so
* all you have to do is write the array out. Attributes are converted into lines in the file. You can now
* do the same command passing it the full path.
CMD = 'SH -c "ftp < /home/jgold/BP.JG/MY_FTP_PARAMETERS"'
EXECUTE CMD

STOP

I'm trying to create something in linux that I can run from the accuterm esc:stx command. I wanted to connect to FTP, login, and send a get and/or  push command but it doesn't seem to be executing the statements:

ftp nnn.nnn.nn.nnn
ibmftp
**passwd**
cd /BizApp/Parts/Test
binary
put "KAlside.pdf"

bye

I've tried 'echo' and using the <  to pass in the data... not working. Anyone have something like this?

Thanks

I'm trying to create something in linux that I can run from the accuterm esc:stx command. I wanted to connect to FTP, login, and send a get and/or  push command but it doesn't seem to be executing the statements:

ftp nnn.nnn.nn.nnn
ibmftp
**passwd**
cd /BizApp/Parts/Test
binary
put "KAlside.pdf"

bye

I've tried 'echo' and using the <  to pass in the data... not working. Anyone have something like this?

Thanks

Kathleen,

;

While I realise this query is about UNIX, for reference there is a similar Rocket Knowledge article for Windows which rounds out the useful solutions already given and covers another type of failure where 'Passive Mode' mey be required:

• FTP-file-transfers-from-Windows-fail-after-the-FTP-service-is-migrated-to-a-cloud-based-server

Regards,

JJ

I'm trying to create something in linux that I can run from the accuterm esc:stx command. I wanted to connect to FTP, login, and send a get and/or  push command but it doesn't seem to be executing the statements:

ftp nnn.nnn.nn.nnn
ibmftp
**passwd**
cd /BizApp/Parts/Test
binary
put "KAlside.pdf"

bye

I've tried 'echo' and using the <  to pass in the data... not working. Anyone have something like this?

Thanks