[Simh] FTP client connecting to SIMH/OpenVMS?

Jeremy Begg jeremy at vsm.com.au
Tue Jun 10 17:41:28 EDT 2008


Peter,

>Guys, I'm struggling to get a simple client program running on a PC to be able to FTP a file to/from OpenVMS 7.1 running under SIMH. The issue is simple: the Microsoft .NET 2.0 FTP class fesses-up when confronted with VMS directory names. It basically doesn't work, and Microsoft have acknowledged this as an issue.
>
>I'm just wondering if anyone else on the list has solved this problem, of how to write a simple Windows program to get files in/out of VMS, using c# / DotNet etc.

I assume you're running HP TCP/IP Services (aka UCX) on your emulated
VAX?
The UCX FTP server is not the most flexible.  You could try loading
Hunter Goatley's HGFTP (which runs on UCX) and it might operate better
with Microsoft's FTP client.

Another alternative is to replace UCX by MultiNet from Process
Software, for which a hobbyist licence is available (assuming you're
elligible).  MultiNet can be told to emulate a Unix FTP server and
this often works better with some FTP clients.

Regards,

Jeremy Begg



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