[Info-vax] basic FTP client for OpenVMS from Windows.

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 1/16/2021 5:54 AM, Ben Lambert wrote:
> On Friday, 15 January 2021 at 20:01:59 UTC, xyzz wrote:
>> On Friday, January 15, 2021 at 1:54:47 PM UTC-5, Craig A. Berry wrote:
>>> On 1/15/21 12:36 PM, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
>>>> On 1/15/2021 1:30 PM, John Reagan wrote:
>>>>> On Friday, January 15, 2021 at 1:15:06 PM UTC-5, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
>>>>>> First if GUI is desired then FileZilla is pretty good. Note though that
>>>>>> I have had problems VMS->Windows where it keeps version numbers.
>>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> There are logicals on the VMS side to control if version numbers are
>>>>> considered part of the filename or not.
>>>>
>>>> I would have expected so.
>>>>
>>>> But a quick glance in the manual did not help me.
>>>>
>>>> Maybe a second look is warranted.
>>> It could only be the following, but it would have to be enabled for
>>> whatever process is running on the server side and would only work if
>>> the service in question is using the CRTL to open files and is not using
>>> any custom filename conversions.
>>>
>>>
>>> DECC$FILENAME_UNIX_NO_VERSION
>>>
>>> With DECC$FILENAME_UNIX_NO_VERSION enabled, OpenVMS version numbers are
>>> not supported in UNIX style filenames.
>>>
>>> With DECC$FILENAME_UNIX_NO_VERSION disabled, in UNIX style names,
>>> version numbers are reported preceded by a period (.).
>> It is a function of the FTP server
>>
>> "TCPIP$FTP_NO_VERSION" = "1"

That one seems to only impact NLST not LIST.

And FileZilla seems to use LIST.

> There's also built-in functionality in FileZilla to remove VMS
> version numbers when transferring to Windows, but for some reason the
> option is not available in the GUI. You have to edit filezilla.xml
> file and set "StripVMSRevisions" to 1
That worked.

It still shows the filenames with version numbers.

But the version number is dropped in downloads.

Thanks.

Arne