Newsgroups: vmsnet.networks.tcp-ip.cmu-tek
Subject: RE: FTP - Long records on Unix side.
From: Mighty Firebreather <dragon@nscvax.princeton.edu>
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 08:59:33 EST
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CC: dit@vaxser.grumed.fu-berlin.de
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>	Karl-Heinz Dittberner <dit@vaxser.grumed.fu-berlin.de> writes:
>In article <00965697.A56E0620.30183@nscvax.princeton.edu>, you write:
>>	Karl-Heinz Dittberner <dit@vaxser.grumed.fu-berlin.de> writes:
>>>
>>>I'm running into a problem, I've never seen when ftp'ing:
>>>
>>>$  SET RMS /DISK /BLOCK=127 /BUFFER=127
>>>$  FTP/HASH 130.207.224.26          ! Node:  gauss.eedsp.gatech.edu
>>>%FTP-I-HASH_SET, Hash display ON
>>>%FTP-I-ATTEMPTING, Attempting to connect to host 130.207.224.26
>>>220 gauss.eedsp.gatech.edu FTP server (SunOS 4.1) ready.
>>>login anonymous
>>>...
>>>
>>>230 Guest login ok, access restrictions apply.
>>>!!!binary
>>>get "Mathematica/SigProc2.0.mac.sea.hqx"  SIGPROC_2_0_MAC_SEA.HQX
>>>200 PORT command successful.
>>>150 ASCII data connection for Mathematica/SigProc2.0.mac.sea.hqx (130.133.15.2,1
>>>5194) (1889223 bytes).
>>>###############################################################
>>>%STR-F-STRTOOLON, string is too long (greater than 65535)
>>>                  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>>>%FTP-I-ATTEMPTING_ABOR, Attempting to amicably abort data transfer.
>>>%RMS-F-RSZ, invalid record size
>>>%FTP-I-ATTEMPTING_ABOR, Attempting to amicably abort data transfer.
>>>close
>>>550 Mathematica/SigProc2.0.mac.sea.hqx: Broken pipe.
>>>%FTP-E-COMMAND_ERROR, Error sending command QUIT
>>>-FTP-E-NO_ACTION, Requested action not taken. File unavailable.
>>>225 ABOR command successful.
>>>225 ABOR command successful.
>>>221 Goodbye.
>>>___________________________________
>>>
>>>What's there going on. I've tried ftp'ing with setting to
>>>"binary" too, which will give the same error message.
>>>Config is:
>>>
>>>   VMS V 5.3-1  +  CMU/Tek-IP  V 6.6-5 (with time patch).
>>>   =====================================================
>>
>>	Try:
>>
>>$  SET RMS /DISK /BLOCK=64 /BUFFER=64
>>$  FTP/HASH 130.207.224.26          ! Node:  gauss.eedsp.gatech.edu
>>etc.
>
>Ok, I'm doing this. Result: Same error message.
>
>I can't decide whether this error ist related to the Unix-side.
>Have anybody seen such behaviour ?
>Are there any other suggestions ?
>Is a patch for ftp needed ?
>

	Sorry.  I was able to reproduce the error by allowing the transfer
to continue a little longer.  The first time I tried, I stopped it too
soon.  I'm using CMU-TEK 6.5-3.

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