Automating AFTP Commands Through a Script File (152013)

SUMMARY

Microsoft SNA Server 2.11 includes support for the APPC File Transfer Protocol (AFTP), which implements FTP-like commands over an LU6.2 session, as defined by IBM. The SNA Server 2.11 readme file includes information on how to automate the use of AFTP commands by passing an inputfile (attached below).

However, if an AFTP command is invoked from a batch (BAT or CMD) file and the command fails, no ERRORLEVEL value is returned, so batch file error recovery is not possible.

MORE INFORMATION

The following information is included in the SNA Server 2.11 readme file, which describes how to automate the use of AFTP.

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D.13. Automating AFTP client sessions

You can supply a script file to the AFTP client that contains commands for the AFTP client to carry out. The syntax of the AFTP command when used in this manner is:

aftp -f inputfile

where inputfile is the name of the script file.

When the AFTP client is invoked using the -f command-line parameter, it executes each line in the specified script as a command and then terminates when it reaches the end of the file.

For example, a file named Input.txt contains the following lines:

open aftprrr
steved
pword
ascii
get file1.txt
close

The command aftp -f input.txt would do the following:

Connect to a remote LU named aftprrr.
Log on with the user name steved and the password pword.
Select ASCII transfer mode.
Download a file named FILE1.TXT.
Close the connection.