IT33988: PCOM: FTP CLIENT STARTUP COMMANDS WITH COMMAS IN BETWEEN ARGUMENTS ARE FAILING

IBM Personal Communications 14.0.3

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• PCOMM - FTP Client Startup Commands with Commas in between
  arguments are failing
  
  User is running PCOMM FTP-Client
  utility.
  
  They are invoking a string of commands on "Startup
  Commands" field under "Runtime Preferences" tab of our
  FTP-Client config panel.
  
  Everything works OK except only for
  "SITE SBDATACONN(file_system_cp,network_transfer_cp)", which is
  their conversion table.
  
  ERROR MESSAGES:
  ...
  Response:
  200-Sbdataconn invalid syntax. Specify
  SBDATACONN=(value1,value2) or SBDATACONN=dsn. SBDATACONN
  ignored.
  ...
  Response: 500 unknown command
  network_transfer_cp)
  ...
  
  The concerned command was splitted
  into 2 separate commands: "SITE SBDATACONN(file_system_cp" and
  "network_transfer_cp)", which causes the whole command to fail.
  

Local fix

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED:                                              *
  * All IBM Personal Communications users                        *
  ****************************************************************
  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION:                                         *
  * When long commands are used in batch FTP command execution,  *
  * some result in Unknown Command error 500                     *
  ****************************************************************
  * RECOMMENDATION:                                              *
  ****************************************************************
  When a string of batch FTP commands are used as a Startup
  Command in FTP-Client, everything works fine except for
  SITE SBDATACONN=(IBM-278,ISO8859-1),help,stat,SITE
  dataclass=dcstand,stat,SITE SBDATACONN=(IBM-278,ISO8859-1),stat.
  
  But when we manually issue the command SITE
  SBDATACONN=(IBM-278,ISO8859-1) after the FTP-Client logon (using
  right-click > Command), it is working fine.
  

Problem conclusion

• Changes have been made in PCSFTP.EXE to replace the Delimiter
  from comma to comma and space between each command in batch FTP
  command execution.
  

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

• APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:

• APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:

Modules/Macros

• PCSFTP
  

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  PCOMM COMBO-ENG

• Fixed component ID

  5639I7000

Applicable component levels

• RD00 PSY

     UP

• RE00 PSY

     UP