UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

hi there,

i am a sap-programmer and i sent pdf-files via FTP from sap (on an iseries-machine) to a UNIX-server every day.

i am doing it via MPUT *.pdf

It works well until today. I got the ftp-message "Arguments too long"....i searched for it in the internet and here in the forum. it says that the number of files is to big..........well, there were 860 pdf-files yesterday, as much as never before on one day.

i need to know one thing: is the problem on the UNIX-Server or is it the sending part (SAP) ? if it is the UNIX-Server, are there parameters to avoid this error ? I want to say that i never worked with unix, so please
try to explain it in a easy way

regards, Martin

try to use the binary mode for ftp

I am already using the binary mode, so that is not the problem

does the file name contain spaces? ie long file name..

Martin,

It looks to me as though the problem is with your mput client. It cannot handle the fact that you want to send so many files in one go.

Whilst it is simple to specify *.pdf where this evaluates to many files you might be better off putting it inside a loop and invoking mput on one at a time.

Does that help?

I think Tomd is on the right track. I just did a test and moved 1000 files using mput with Sun's native ftp client. You might look at your ftp client or see if there is some freeware client that will work for you.

I am still not sure if it is 'MY' problem (the SENDER of the files) or if it is 'THEIR' problem (the RECEIVER of the files, the unix-server) this is important for me to know, because it is an external server. and we have to open a support-ticket there. but i don't want to do this when they can do nothing about it.

can u help me to clearify if it is my problem or the receivers problem ?

reg, Martin