lynch@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu (Tim Lynch) (01/09/90)
We've come across a problem using anonymous ftp under HP-UX. When we log into a remote system, such as sumex we cannot use get to get a file that is not in the current working directory. The following is an abbreviated listing of a session that demonstrates the problem. I've commented some of the lines: [41] chemres> ftp sumex # we connect to sumex Connected to sumex-aim.stanford.edu. 220 sumex-aim FTP server (SunOS 4.0/3) ready. Name (sumex-aim.stanford.edu:): anonymous Password (sumex-aim.stanford.edu:anonymous): 331 Guest login ok, send ident as password. 230 Guest login ok, access restrictions apply. ftp> dir # and list the top level dir 200 PORT command successful. 150 ASCII data connection for /bin/ls (128.84.242.1,36597). total 896 -rw-r--r-- 1 1004 staff 894298 Jun 23 1989 allegro122.sit.hqx.crypt drwxr-x--x 2 root staff 512 Oct 23 19:11 bin drwxr-x--x 2 root staff 512 Nov 12 1988 etc drwxr-sr-x 2 13 8 1536 Dec 6 15:54 imap drwxrwsr-x 26 macmod info-mac 512 Jan 9 02:15 info-mac drwxr-srwt 4 root 8 1536 Dec 15 23:30 pub drwxr-xr-x 2 1077 user 512 Feb 6 1989 tmycin 226 ASCII Transfer complete. 446 bytes received in 0.23 seconds (1.91 Kbytes/sec) ftp> dir info-mac # now list the contents of info-mac 200 PORT command successful. 150 ASCII data connection for /bin/ls (128.84.242.1,36598). total 62 -rw-r--r-- 1 macmod info-mac 2049 Jan 8 18:47 00info-mac-abstracts.abs -rw-r--r-- 1 macmod info-mac 430 Jul 11 1989 00readme.txt drwxr-xr-x 2 macmod info-mac 4096 Jan 8 18:42 app [ ... more listing ] drwxr-xr-x 2 macmod info-mac 6656 Dec 27 16:54 util drwxr-xr-x 2 macmod info-mac 1024 Jan 5 11:41 virus 226 ASCII Transfer complete. 1582 bytes received in 0.91 seconds (1.70 Kbytes/sec) # the next line demo's the problem ftp> get info-mac/00readme.txt ftp: info-mac: No such file or directory # I have to cd to info-mac to get the file ftp> cd info-mac 250 CWD command successful. ftp> get 00readme.txt 200 PORT command successful. 150 ASCII data connection for 00readme.txt (128.84.242.1,36599) (430 bytes). 226 ASCII Transfer complete. 430 bytes received in 0.21 seconds (2.02 Kbytes/sec) # end of listing This behavior is only seen on anonymous ftp. It has been seen on all remote sites we've tried. It does not occur on other vendor's ftp implementations. Anyone know what is up?
cricket@hp-ses.SDE.HP.COM (Jiminy Cricket) (01/10/90)
# the next line demo's the problem
ftp> get info-mac/00readme.txt
ftp: info-mac: No such file or directory
I think the problem is that ftp assumes that if you use "get" with only
one argument, you really mean
ftp> get info-mac/00readme.txt info-mac/00readme.txt
which assumes the existence of an "info-mac" directory on the machine
you ftp'ed from. Try
ftp> get info-mac/00readme.txt 00readme.txt
cricket
Hewlett-Packard Corporate "If the world were a logical place,
Palo Alto, California men would ride sidesaddle."wunder@hp-ses.SDE.HP.COM (Walter Underwood) (01/10/90)
ftp> get info-mac/00readme.txt ftp: info-mac: No such file or directory It is a bad error message. It means that there is no "info-mac" directory on the local system. If you want to get "info-mac/00readme.txt" into the current directory on your local system, then say: ftp> get info-mac/00readme.txt 00readme.txt Or, "cd" to the "info-mac" directory on the remote system, then get "00readme.txt". wunder
mayer@hplabsz.HPL.HP.COM (Niels Mayer) (01/10/90)
In article <9518@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu> lynch@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu (Tim Lynch) writes: >We've come across a problem using anonymous ftp under HP-UX. ># the next line demo's the problem > >ftp> get info-mac/00readme.txt >ftp: info-mac: No such file or directory I think I had this problem once... I solved it by creating the directory "info-mac" on the local machine. Ftp will then drop 00readme.txt into that directory. Alternatively, you could also do "get info-mac/00readme.txt 00readme.txt" though I must admit I haven't tried this latter method. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Niels Mayer -- hplabs!mayer -- mayer@hplabs.hp.com Human-Computer Interaction Department Hewlett-Packard Laboratories Palo Alto, CA. *