I was focused more on clearing up the accuterm syntax. I do FTP perhaps once a year so I don't remember it directly.
I use the ESC:STX stuff a whole lot. Thanks ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Haskett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, March 07, 2007 9:49 PM Subject: RE: [U2] FTP > Mark: > > My thoughts on this subject are usually the same...keep it simple. There > has to be some pretty serious conditions existing before I'd move ftp > services off the server and onto any client, and just because it can is not > one of them. :-) > > Every O/S we use has an ftp client as part of it (Windows & ..nix). > Networking is a difficult business where all kinds of things go wrong. > Moving a service like ftp off the UniVerse server is just asking for an > additional layer of problems. I'm late to ftp processing but I'm sure most > on this list do ftp processing and it would be wise to follow advice given > in this thread...ftp from the UV server. > > The script I posted works well and includes sftp processing. I'd be happy > to post more but I'm sure everyone already does this kind of thing. > > Bill > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of MAJ Programming > Sent: Wednesday, March 07, 2007 6:13 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [U2] FTP > > My 2 cents on accuterm: > > This may not clear up the FTP script, but It will set things straight for > the ESC:STX sequence. > > Accuterm has beaucoups of PC facilities just waiting to run. They are > typically preceed by the ESC:STX (27 : 2). > > The > command means that the Pick session will wait until the DOS session is > complete. PRINT ESC:STX:"> SOL.EXE" > The < command means that the Pick session will continue while the DOS > session remains open. PRINT ESC:STX:"< SOL.EXE" > > I don't know specifically, But I have had timing concerns with issuing > commands to DOS and then expecting to use those results back in Pick. If I > write a textfile to a shared file and then execute notepad to play with it, > Pick has to wait until notepad is finished. > > The ESC:STX command may finish promptly but re-reading the shared file > textfile may result in beating notepad to the punch and you get the same > record. > > Putting a SLEEP or READ within a LOOP to compare the before and after may be > the trick. > > Mark Johnson > ------- > u2-users mailing list > [email protected] > To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ ------- u2-users mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
