Re: [gftp] gftp and VMS machines

[Brian Masney <masneyb@gftp.org>]

Hi,
   Please send me all of the "Cannot parse listing" messages or at least enough
to see a few examples of the files. I do know that gftp does not support
multiline VMS listings at the moment.

Also, when you first log into the VMS server and gftp sends the SYST command,
does the output look something line this:

SYST
215 VMS

There will probably be a space and trailing characters after the VMS. That's
fine if that's the case. If it says something else, then this is the problem.

Brian


On Fri, Jun 04, 2004 at 10:16:53AM +1000, Ricardo Yanez wrote:
> Hi,
> 	I was embarrassed by gftp. It has been impossible to make it work 
> in Linux (Debian 3.0r1, gftp version 2.0.11 and 2.0.16) conneting to an 
> alpha machine running VMS. Embarrasing because people using Windows 98 and 
> ProFTP have no problems.
> 
> I disabled the -aL listing options, which is not liked by this old VMS ftp 
> server version. I also disabled passive transfers. All these disabled 
> options are part of the suggestions made in the FAQ.
> 
> When I login to the VMS machine the log says,
> 
> LIST
> 150 Opening data connection for $USER2:[FISSION.RXY103]*.*;* 
> (xxx.xxx.xx.xx,32870)
> Warning: Cannot parse listing
> Warning: Cannot parse listing Directory $USER2:[FISSION.RXY103]
> Warning: Cannot parse listing
> Warning: Cannot parse listing TCPIP$FTP_SERVER.LOG;23
> ...
> 
> And no files appear in Windows 2. Any ideas?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Ricardo Yanez
> Department of Nuclear Physics
> Research School of Physical Sciences & Engineering
> Australian National University
> Canberra, ACT 0200
> Australia
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