Author: Bill Schoen  WSCHOEN at KGNVMC, schoen@vnet.ibm.com

Title: Use FTP to manage files on a remote host

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COPYRIGHT IBM CORP. 1996
 
qftp
====
 
   syntax:  qftp cp <pathname> <host file>     copy to host
            qftp cp <host file> <pathname>     copy from host
            qftp cat <host file>               list file on stdout
            qftp ls {<host file>}              run ls -l on host
            qftp mkdir <host file>             create host directory
            qftp rmdir <host file>             remove host directory
            qftp rm    <host file>             remove host file
            qftp mv    <host file> <pathname>  rename host file
 
      <host file> ::= host_name:pathname
        host_name may be omitted if exported in FTPHOST
    
   environment variables:
    
     FTPHOST    name the remote host (or firewall).
                ex: export FTPHOST=aix2012
     FTPUSER    specify the userid and optionally the password
                for accessing the remote host.  Format:  user/password
                ex: export FTPUSER=myuserid/mypasswd
     FTPSITE    specify the site the host is to connect to for
                the file transfer.  This is needed if your host is
                just a firewall.
                ex: export FTPSITE=lscwww.academic.marist.edu
     FTPLOGIN   specify the userid and optionally the password
                for accessing the remote site.  Format:  user/password
                ex: export FTPLOGIN=myuserid/mypasswd
                 
     Additionally, this command uses the tso shell command with the -t
     option.  Therefore, some tso environment variables may apply.
 
   You will be prompted for userid and password unless these are
   exported in FTPUSER.  If password is omitted from FTPUSER then
   you will be prompted.  Responses to prompts are not blanked.
    
   If FTPHOST is set, a simple pathname can be used for all services
   except cp which needs it to distinguish local and host pathnames.
    
   Note: cp currently only handles text files.
    
   ex:  qftp cp hello.c aix2012:hello.c
        FTPHOST=aix2012 qftp cp hello.c :hello.c
 
  Install Information
  ===================
   
  Place qftp in a directory where you keep executable programs.
  Make sure the permission bits are set to 0755 so that it is both
  readable and executable by everyone.

  If you obtain this program via FTP, the program is a REXX program
  in source form.  Transfer it in text mode.  As a reminder, the
  filename is qftp.txt.
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