[Info-vax] Potential loss of data problem in sftp client in TCP/IP Services ?

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In article <jjnc5c$1l5$1 at dont-email.me>, Simon Clubley <clubley at remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP> writes:
>On 2012-03-13, VAXman-  @SendSpamHere.ORG <VAXman- at SendSpamHere.ORG> wrote:
>> In article <jjn54r$vek$1 at dont-email.me>, Simon Clubley <clubley at remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP> writes:
>>>On 2012-03-12, David Froble <davef at tsoft-inc.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I'm still trying to understand the problem.  You indicate that you had been using V5.6 
>>>> ECO5.  Are you saying the problem exists in this version?
>>>>
>>>
>>>No, the file truncation problem does not exist in the sftp image supplied
>>>with ECO5, but other different problems do exist, which is why the latest
>>>Engineering images were loaded onto the system in question.
>>>
>>>This file truncation problem is clearly a very recent problem. I am still
>>>waiting to hear back from HP, so in the meantime I am trying to find out
>>>if anyone else can duplicate this using the most recent TCP/IP ECO (V5.7
>>>ECO3).
>>
>> I just transferred my LOGIN.COM file to one of my Ubuntu laptops:
>>
>
>Thanks for doing this. Just for confirmation, was this V5.7, ECO3 ?

Yes.


>> $ sftp -oPort=###### vaxman at 192.168.#.###
>>   
>> sftp> cd Desktop
>> /home/vaxman/Desktop
>> sftp> put login.com
>>  login.com (src): got EOF reading file (server msg: 'Encountered EOF.')
>> sftp> 
>>
>> On the Ubuntu Laptop, 'gedit' opened the file just fine and all of its
>> contents were available.  If you can give me a couple of "reproducers"
>> which exhibit your issue, I'll give them a try.
>>
>> I've been using 'sftp' extensively to transfer files to and from my VMS
>> systems to my Linux systems and I've never seen any problems exhibited.
>> I'm not saying there aren't any issues, just that my files just haven't
>> exhibited problems that yours have.
>>
>
>I've just created a simple file which reproduces the problem for me:
>
>AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
>BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB
>CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC
>DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD
>EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
>FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF
>GGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG
>HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
>IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
>JJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJ
>KKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK
>LLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL
>MMMMM
>
>When transferred to a Linux sftp server, this is what is received:
>
>AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
>BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB
>CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC
>DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD
>EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
>FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF
>GGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG
>HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
>IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
>JJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJ
>KKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK
>LLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL
>
>Note the M's and the last few L's are missing.

$ CREATE SIMON.TEST
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB                               
CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC
DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF
GGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG
HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
JJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJ
KKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK
LLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL
MMMMM[ Exit ]
$ sftp -oPort=###### vaxman at 192.168.#.###
sftp> put simon.test

I see everything when I open the file with 'gedit'.

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