FTP Heuristics

FTP heuristics are a set of parameters that the adapter uses to interact with external FTP daemons on a platform-specific level. The FTP heuristics create and parse both path and file names in the style required by the external system’s platform (operating system).

Platform Selection

The BatchFTP OTD provides a number of built-in heuristics configuration styles. The style is selected from the BatchFTP Adapter Connectivity Map property, FTP ⇒ Directory Listing Style. To select a style for your specific target platform do the following:

1. From the Connectivity Map, double-click the BatchFTP Adapter. The FTPBatch Adapter Properties Editor appears.

2. From the Editor’s left pane, under the configuration tree, select FTP. The FTP parameters are now displayed in the Properties pane.

3. Click the Directory Listing Style field and select a system platform from the drop-down menu. The properties available from the drop-down menu, reflect the styles listed in the FtpHeuristics.cfg file.

The adapter’s FTP Heuristics support the following platform types:

• UNIX

• AS400

• AS400-UNIX

• HCLFTPD 6.0.1.3

• HCLFTPD 5.1

• HP NonStop/Tandem

• MPE

• MSFTPD 2.0

• MSP PDS (Fujitsu)

• MSP PS (Fujitsu)

• MVS GDG (Generation Data Group)

• MVS PDS (Partitioned Data Sets)

• MVS Sequential

• NetWare 4.11

• Windows NT 3.5

• Windows NT 4.0

• UNIX

• UNIX (EUC-JP)

• UNIX (SJIS)

• User Defined

• User Defined1-10 (See Creating User Defined Heuristic Directory Listing Styles)

• VM/ESA

• VMS

• VOS3 PDS (Hitachi)

• VOS3 PS (Hitachi)

• VOSK (Hitachi)

• User defined name and heuristic configuration (See Creating User Defined Heuristic Directory Listing Styles

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  Note –

  When using FTP with an AS400 UNIX (UFS) system, some specific FTP configuration settings are required (see FTP Configuration Requirements for AS400 UNIX (UFS) ).

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The following systems support Japanese mainframes:

• MSP PDS (Partitioned Data Sets)

• MSP PS (Physical Sequential)

• VOS3 PDS (Partition Data Sets)

• VOS3 PS (Physical Sequential)

• VOSK

IBM IP stack required for MVS Sequential, MVS GDG, and MVS PD

The FTP Heuristic methods used to interface with MVS Sequential, MVS GDG, and MVS PDS, are designed for FTP servers (at the mainframe) that use the IBM IP stack. Therefore, when you use FTP with an MVS Sequential, MVS GDG, or MVS PDS file system on a mainframe computer, you need to make sure that the FTP server is using an IBM IP stack. If any other IP stack is in place, the FTP heuristics feature will not work or may require modification.