FTP to a path and not to IP.

[utkarsh]

Hi,

Is there a way in FTP that allows to send the data to a server path like \\aaxyzfnp1000\AA\BBB\GLP\Monthly
rather than sending the data to an IP like 111.222.33.44? I had been searching all over but looks like I am not correct key words to find it. Could someone of you please help for this?

[Robert Sample]

FTP is a machine to machine process, so you MUST go to an IP address -- period.

server path like \\aaxyzfnp1000\AA\BBB\GLP\Monthly

That server has an IP address -- that is what will be required for an FTP (either directly or through DNS lookup of aaxyzfnp1000). You can then issue an FTP subcommand

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cd AA/BBB/GLP/Monthly

to set the working directory on the server. But you cannot expect FTP to take the full path and parse it to find the server name -- FTP just doesn't do that.

[utkarsh]

Thanks Robert.

I have used the below job and it seems to work for me:

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//S005     EXEC PGM=EZACFSM1                              
//SYSIN    DD DSN=ABCDE.ABCD.CNTLLIB(XYZ12MT1),DISP=SHR  
//SYSOUT   DD DSN=&&TEMP,DISP=(,PASS),                    
//            RECFM=FB,LRECL=80                           
//********************************************************
//*** STEP TO FTP THE FILE 
//********************************************************
//S010     EXEC PGM=FTP,PARM='(EXIT'                      
//SYSPRINT DD SYSOUT=*                                    
//INPUT    DD DSN=ABCDE.ABCD.CNTLLIB(XYZ12MT2),DISP=SHR  
//         DD DSN=&&TEMP,DISP=(OLD,DELETE)                
//OUTPUT   DD SYSOUT=*                                    

In the SYSOUT, I got the message:

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EZA1617I 475200 bytes transferred in 0.050 seconds.  Transfer rate 9504.00 Kbyte

So it seems to work but the end user has not verified it yet.

Thank you again.

[utkarsh]

Forgot to tell, the content of

XYZ12MT1:

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PUT 'file.name...' server-file-name-&LYYMMDD.-&LHHMMSS..TXT 
QUIT                                                        

XYZ12MT2:

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111.222.33.44      
ID               
Password         
cd AA/BBB/GLP/Monthly

In this is it possible to mask the IP address? I am not sure why it is being asked though.

[Anuj Dhawan]

I doubt that you can mask IP address with the way FTP works.

[utkarsh]

My lead is asking if we can hide the IP address as it is exposed on FTP.

[Robert Sample]

If you need to hide the IP address, then FTP is not the mechanism to use. SFTP will not provide human-readable logs but it requires additional system set up (on both ends) to be usable.

[utkarsh]

If you need to hide the IP address, then FTP is not the mechanism to use. SFTP will not provide human-readable logs but it requires additional system set up (on both ends) to be usable.

Thanks Robert.