Network transfer

During the Network Transfer phase of the RECEIVE command, package files are downloaded and stored in the SMPNTS directory. Each package is stored in a unique package directory within the SMPNTS directory. For packages to be downloaded for the RECEIVE ORDER command, SMP/E creates a package directory in the SMPNTS with a name based on the ORDER entry name and current date and time of the form ORDnnnnn-DayMonthYear-HH.MM.SS.thm. For example, ORD00035-29January2006-15.02.47.496.

After the package directory has been created, SMP/E uses the information provided by the order server to spawn the appropriate client program based on the specified download method (FTP or HTTP(S)) and download the package files. For the most part the FTP or HTTP(S) processing of the package files for RECEIVE ORDER is the same as that described in Processing for RECEIVE FROMNETWORK.

After the package files have been downloaded, the ORDER entry in the global zone is updated with the latest status of the order, DOWNLOADED. In addition, SMP/E sends a request to the server to close processing for this order. This enables the server to cleanup and complete processing for the order.