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FTP User Messages and Errors [ Installing and Managing HP ARPA File Transfer Protocol Network Manager's Guide ] MPE/iX 5.0 Documentation


Installing and Managing HP ARPA File Transfer Protocol Network Manager's Guide

FTP User Messages and Errors 

These error and warning messages may be returned to FTP users on MPE/iX
while using the FTP user program.

In the following list of messages and errors, the exclamation point (!)
represents a variable value.

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MESSAGE           Error in loading keywords from FTP catalog. (FTPERR 3)

CAUSE             The User-FTP program encountered an error while trying to load the
                  FTP command keywords onto it's program stack from the FTP catalog.
                  This probably indicates an internal FTP error.

ACTION            Check the permissions on the file FTPC000.ARPA.SYS. The security for
                  READ must be set to ANY. If the permissions are correct, note the
                  circumstances and contact your Hewlett Packard representative for
                  assistance.

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MESSAGE           Command must be less than or equal to 255 characters. (FTPERR 5)

CAUSE             The user entered an FTP command which exceeded 255 characters.

ACTION            Try entering the command using fewer characters.

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MESSAGE           ?Invalid command. (FTPERR 6)

CAUSE             An invalid or unknown command was issued to the User-FTP program.

ACTION            Check the command for spelling.  Use the help command for a list of
                  supported HP ARPA FTP commands.

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MESSAGE           Not connected. (FTPERR 8)

CAUSE             An FTP command was entered which requires a host connection and no
                  connection was established.

ACTION            Open a host connection using the OPEN command and try the command
                  again.

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MESSAGE           Cannot connect to host: ! (FTPERR 9)

CAUSE             FTP was unable to open a host connection.  Typically this FTP error
                  is accompanied by a socket error which provides more information.

ACTION            Check the spelling of the host name or IP address.  Otherwise, seek
                  the assistance of your Node Manager.

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MESSAGE           Invalid Command Syntax. (FTPERR 10)

CAUSE             An FTP command was entered with invalid parameter syntax.

ACTION            Check the syntax of the desired command.

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MESSAGE           Invalid reply code from remote server. (FTPERR 11)

CAUSE             An erroneous reply code was returned from the remote server for some
                  FTP command.

ACTION            Enable debug and verbose and try the operation again.

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MESSAGE           Data Transfer Request Failed. (FTPERR 13)

CAUSE             An error was detected during a data transfer.  This error is
                  accompanied by another error which indicates the problem.

ACTION            Use the accompanying error to resolve the problem.

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MESSAGE           Target File Could Not Be Opened. (FTPERR 14)

CAUSE             The MPE/iX target file could not be opened.  This error is typically
                  accompanied by a file system error.

ACTION            Use the accompanying file system error to resolve the problem.

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MESSAGE           Some records were truncated during transfer. (FTPWARN 15 )

CAUSE             A data transfer to MPE/iX resulted in some records being truncated in
                  the target file.

ACTION            It may be necessary to increase the maximum record size using build
                  parameters.  Review the HP ARPA FTP User's Guide for more information
                  on this subject.

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MESSAGE           End Of File encountered on target file during transfer. Target file
                  not saved. Increase file limit and try again. (FTPERR 16)

CAUSE             A data transfer to a MPE/iX target file did not have enough records
                  to hold the data from the source file.

ACTION            It may be necessary to increase the maximum number of records in the
                  target file by using build parameters.  Review the HP ARPA File 
                  Transfer Protocol User's Guide for more information on this subject.

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MESSAGE           We only support stream mode, sorry. (FTPWARN 18)

CAUSE             The FTP MODE command was entered.

ACTION            None.

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MESSAGE           We only support file structure, sorry. (FTPWARN 19)

CAUSE             The FTP STRUCT command was entered.

ACTION            None.

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MESSAGE           We only support non-print format, sorry. (FTPWARN 20)

CAUSE             The FTP FORM command was entered.

ACTION            None.

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MESSAGE           Verbose mode off. (FTPINFO 21)

CAUSE             The FTP VERBOSE command was entered when verbose was enabled.

ACTION            None.

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MESSAGE           Verbose mode on. (FTPINFO 22)

CAUSE             The FTP VERBOSE command was entered when verbose was disabled.

ACTION            None.

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MESSAGE           Debugging off (debug=0). (FTPINFO 23)

CAUSE             The FTP DEBUG command was entered when debug was enabled.

ACTION            None.

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MESSAGE           Debugging on (debug=1). (FTPINFO 24)

CAUSE             The FTP DEBUG command was entered when debug was disabled.

ACTION            None.

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MESSAGE           Using ascii mode to transfer files. (FTPINFO 25)

CAUSE             The FTP TYPE command was entered without any parameters while in
                  ASCII mode.

ACTION            None.

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MESSAGE           Using binary mode to transfer files. (FTPINFO 26)

CAUSE             The FTP TYPE command was entered without any parameters while in
                  binary mode.

ACTION            None.

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MESSAGE           Already connected to !; use "user" or "close" first. (FTPWARN 27)

CAUSE             The user entered the FTP OPEN command during an opened session.

ACTION            Enter the USER command to logon, or the CLOSE command before opening
                  another connection.

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MESSAGE           FTP Unknown Error Detected. Subsystem = !, Information = !  (FTPERR
                  28)

CAUSE             An unknown error was detected from some underlying subsystem.

ACTION            Seek the assistance of your Hewlett Packard representative for
                  assistance.

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MESSAGE           We only support MPEXL Fixed and Variable record format, sorry.
                  (FTPERR 29)

CAUSE             The user specified a BUILD command parameter for record type that was
                  not Fixed or Variable.

ACTION            Only fixed and variable record format is supported.  Refer to the HP 
                  ARPA File Transfer Protocol User's Guide for assistance.

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MESSAGE           We only support MPEXL Standard files, sorry. (FTPERR 30)

CAUSE             The user specified a build parameter for a file type that is not of
                  type Standard (STD).

ACTION            Only the STD file type is supported.  Refer to the HP ARPA File 
                  Transfer Protocol User's Guide for assistance.

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MESSAGE           We don't allow MPEXL file equates, sorry. (FTPERR 31)

CAUSE             The user attempted to use a file equate during a file transfer.

ACTION            File equates are not yet supported.  Try the transfer again without
                  using file equates.

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MESSAGE           Remote server receive timeout. Closing connection. (FTPERR 32)

CAUSE             The FTP user did not receive a required reply from an FTP server in
                  the allocated time window.

ACTION            Close the connection and quit before trying again.  Try to ping the
                  remote system using PING.NET.SYS. If this does not succeed, no FTP
                  connection can be established.  Follow the troubleshooting
                  instructions in the Installing and Managing HP ARPA File Transfer 
                  Protocol Network Manager's Guide.

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MESSAGE           ExitOnError mode on. (FTPINFO 33)

CAUSE             The EXITONERROR command was entered while the exit-on-error feature
                  was disabled.

ACTION            None.

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MESSAGE           ExitOnError mode off. (FTPINFO 34)

CAUSE             The EXITONERROR command was entered while the exit-on-error feature
                  was enabled.

ACTION            None.

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MESSAGE           Invalid IP address. (FTPERR 35)

CAUSE             An invalid IP address was used while trying to open a connection.

ACTION            Refer to the HP ARPA File Transfer Protocol User's Guide for
                  assistance.

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MESSAGE           Performing an ASCII transfer to a binary file. (FTPWARN 36)

CAUSE             An ASCII data transfer occurred to an MPE/iX binary file.

ACTION            If the intent was to transfer binary data, then use the BINARY
                  command to change transfer mode to binary.  If the intent was to
                  transfer ASCII data, then specify an MPE/iX ASCII file using the
                  appropriate MPE/iX BUILD parameter.  Refer to the HP ARPA File 
                  Transfer Protocol User's Guide for further assistance.

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MESSAGE           Performing a binary transfer to an ASCII file. (FTPWARN 37)

CAUSE             A Binary data transfer occurred to an MPE/iX ASCII file.

ACTION            If intent was to transfer ASCII data, then use the ASCII command to
                  change transfer mode to ASCII. If the intent was to transfer binary
                  data, then specify an MPE/iX binary file using the appropriate MPE/iX
                  build parameter.  Refer to the HP ARPA File Transfer Protocol User's 
                  Guide for further assistance.

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MESSAGE           Error opening data connection. (FTPERR 38)

CAUSE             Internal Error.  An I/O completion was received for an unknown file
                  number during the attempted establishment of a data connection.

ACTION            Note the circumstances and seek the assistance of your Hewlett
                  Packard representative.

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MESSAGE           ?Ambiguous command. (FTPERR 39)

CAUSE             A non-unique command string was entered at the ftp> prompt.

ACTION            Check the command spelling and try again.

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MESSAGE           Connected to !. (FTPINFO 40)

CAUSE             A connection request to a remote FTP server was accepted.

ACTION            None.

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MESSAGE           Interactive mode on. (FTPINFO 41)

CAUSE             The PROMPT command was issued while prompting was disabled.

ACTION            None.

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MESSAGE           Interactive mode off. (FTPINFO 42)

CAUSE             The PROMPT command was issued while prompting was enabled.

ACTION            None.

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MESSAGE           Lower case on. (FTPINFO 43)

CAUSE             The CASE command was issued while "Forcing Lower Case" was disabled.

ACTION            None.

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MESSAGE           Lower case off. (FTPINFO 44)

CAUSE             The CASE command was issued while "Forcing Lower Case" was enabled.

ACTION            None.

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MESSAGE           File accessed exclusively. (FTPERR 45)

CAUSE             The file is already being accessed exclusively by the system or by
                  another user.

ACTION            If the file is being accessed by the system, there is nothing you can
                  do.  If the file is being accessed by another user, try again later.

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MESSAGE           File name too long. (FTPERR 46)

CAUSE             The file name specified is longer than the maximum allowed by MPE/XL:
                  "FILENAME/LOCKWORD.GROUPNAM.ACCTNAME".  This error is typically
                  caused by trying to copy a file from a machine running an operating
                  system which allows longer file names.  For example, "GET
                  /usr/local/lib/.../ remotefile".

ACTION            Specify a target file name.  The correct syntax for the above example
                  would be "GET /usr/local/lib.../ remotefile localfile".



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