Re: [gftp] gftp and VMS machines

[Ricardo Yanez <Ricardo.Yanez@anu.edu.au>]

Hi Brian,

In passive mode the SYST command is sent. Follows the full log. The 
response is indeed VMS + else, which if I understood you correctly is the 
problem...

Looking up nucv18
Trying nucv18.anu.edu.au:21
Connected to nucv18:21
220 NUCV18.ANU.EDU.AU FTP Server (Version 5.0) Ready.
USER rxy104
331 Username rxy104 requires a Password
PASS xxxx
230 User logged in.
SYST
200 VMS OpenVMS V7.2 on node NUCV18.ANU.EDU.AU.
TYPE I
200 TYPE set to IMAGE.
PWD
257 "$USER2:[FISSION.RXY104]" is current directory.
PASV
227 Entering Passive Mode (150,203,19,51,5,41)
LIST
150 Opening data connection for $USER2:[FISSION.RXY104]*.*;* 
(150.203.19.131,36453)
Warning: Cannot parse listing
Warning: Cannot parse listing Directory $USER2:[FISSION.RXY104]
Warning: Cannot parse listing
Warning: Cannot parse listing $MAIN.TPU$JOURNAL;1
Warning: Cannot parse listing                          1/18 
8-JUN-2004 13:04:14  [NUCLEAR,FISSION]      (RWED,RWED,RE,)
Warning: Cannot parse listing TCPIP$FTP_SERVER.LOG;29
Warning: Cannot parse listing                          0/18 
8-JUN-2004 14:42:04  [NUCLEAR,FISSION]      (RWED,RWED,RE,)
Warning: Cannot parse listing TCPIP$FTP_SERVER.LOG;28
Warning: Cannot parse listing                          5/18 
8-JUN-2004 13:05:11  [NUCLEAR,FISSION]      (RWED,RWED,RE,)
Warning: Cannot parse listing TCPIP$FTP_SERVER.LOG;27
Warning: Cannot parse listing                          5/18 
8-JUN-2004 13:03:51  [NUCLEAR,FISSION]      (RWED,RWED,RE,)
Warning: Cannot parse listing
Warning: Cannot parse listing Total of 4 files, 11/72 blocks
226 LIST Directory transfer complete.

RY

On Sun, 6 Jun 2004, Brian Masney wrote:

> 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
> > office: +61 2 6125 2424
> > fax: +61 2 6125 0748