QUOTE (Send a Subcommand to an FTP Server)

The QUOTE IBM® i FTP client subcommand sends a subcommand to an FTP server.

FTP client subcommand

QUOTE string

string: The server subcommand you want sent to and interpreted by the remote FTP server. The FTP server sends the string verbatim to the remote FTP server.

Notes:

The client requires the QUOTE subcommand to run the special IBM i FTP server subcommand RCMD (Send a CL Command to an FTP Server System). For example, to write the FTP server job log to a spooled file, enter this:
```
 QUOTE RCMD DSPJOBLOG
```
You can use the Work with Spooled Files (WRKSPLF) command to access the job log. If the WRKSPLF is run from a different user profile, you will need to specify the user profile of the user who logged in to the FTP server.
IBM i FTP server limits the string to 1000 characters.
For the QUOTE subcommand, whatever you enter passes on to the FTP server. For example, if you enter:
```
QUOTE CWD 'SYS1'
```
The FTP server receives
```
CWD 'SYS1'
```

You can get help information from the FTP server by typing this:

QUOTE HELP

The FTP server sends the HELP subcommand to the remote host, which returns a display of all subcommands it supports. The information displayed varies depending on the type of remote host.

It should be noted that FTP server subcommands entered with the QUOTE subcommand only affect the FTP server, but similar client subcommands might affect both the client and the server. For example, the REIN client subcommand sends the FTP server a REIN server subcommand plus reinitializes certain client state variables. QUOTE REIN sends only REIN to the FTP server, but does not change any client state variables.

Note: Be careful when you use the QUOTE subcommand to directly enter server subcommands so that unintended results do not occur. Typically, use the QUOTE subcommand for special situations that cannot use other client subcommands. An example of this is when you want to use one of the special IBM i FTP server subcommands like CRTL.