Partially Supported FTP Commands

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The following FTP commands are supported by IBM® Sterling Connect:Direct® FTP+ with limitations described in the Notes:

Command Description Note
AScii Sets the transfer type to ASCII Treated as EBCDIC
BIG5 Sets the transfer type to BIG5. BIG is the minimum abbreviation for BIG5. Only to set DBCS= table in IBM Connect:Direct
HAngeul Sets the transfer type to HANGEUL Only to set DBCS= table in IBM Connect:Direct
JIS78kj Sets the transfer type to JIS78KJ Only to set DBCS= table in IBM Connect:Direct
JIS83kj Sets the transfer type to JIS83KJ Only to set DBCS= table in IBM Connect:Direct
Ksc5601 Sets the transfer type to KSC5601 Only to set DBCS= table in IBM Connect:Direct
LMkdir Create a directory on the local host "(LIKE" ignored
LOCSIte Specifies information that is used by the local host to provide service specific to that host system Ignores all but:
  • BLOCKS
  • BLKSIZE
  • BLOCKSIZE
  • CONDISP
  • CYLINDERS
  • DIRECTORY
  • LRECL
  • PRIMARY
  • RECFM
  • SECONDARY
  • TRACKS

Errors out on:

  • TRUNCATE
  • WRAPRECORD
MKdir Creates a directory on the foreign host "(LIKE" ignored
MOde Specifies the mode or data format of the transfer MODE C honored as COMPRESS. All others ignored.
Open Opens a connection to a foreign host Port ignored
Pass Supplies a password to the foreign host No :userdata or account_information supported (ignored)
PROMpt Toggles interactive prompting for MDelete, MGet, and MPut commands Toggles prompt switch
PROXy Executes an FTP subcommand on a secondary control connection Treated as OPEN statement
PROTect SAFE Sets SECURE=(ENC=Y) in COPY step Treated as PROTECT PRIVATE
QUOte Sends an uninterpreted string of data Interprets command locally
SAfe Sets the protection level on data transfers to safe Treated as PRIVATE. Sets SECURE=(ENC=Y) in the COPY step.
SChinese Sets the transfer type to SCHINESE Only to set DBCS= table in IBM Connect:Direct
SIte Sends information to the foreign host using site-specific commands Ignores all but:
  • BLOCKS
  • BLKSIZE
  • BLOCKSIZE
  • CYLINDERS
  • DIRECTORY
  • FILETYPE JES
  • LRECL
  • PDSTYPE
  • PRIMARY
  • RECFM
  • TRACKS

Errors out on:

  • TRUNCATE
  • WRAPRECORD
SUnique Toggles the storage methods NAME/NONAME not supported

Used to set DISP=NEW or DISP=RPL for output file
TChinese Sets the transfer type to TCHINESE Only to set DBCS= table in IBM Connect:Direct
TYpe Specifies the transfer type Ignores all but:
  • TYPE I = BINARY
  • TYPE A = ASCII
  • TYPE E = EBCDIC
  • TYPE B 2 = EUCKANJI
  • TYPE F = IBMKANJI
  • TYPE B 5 = HANGEUL
  • TYPE B 4 = JIS78KJ
  • TYPE B 3 = JIS83KJ
  • TYPE B 6 = KSC5601
  • TYPE B 1 = SJISKANJI
  • TYPE B = SJISKANJI
User Identifies you to a foreign host No :userdata and account_information supported (ignored)