IBM i Series

TCP/IP Connectivity Utilities (5722-TC1)
558 iSeries Handbook
TCP/IP Servers and Services Descriptions
Anonymous FTP
Anonymous FTP support provides access to a restricted area of data on the iSeries server
that the public can access without a password or user identification. The anonymous FTP
supports graphical FTP clients and Web server development tools.
File Transfer Protocol (FTP) Client and Server
File Transfer Protocol (FTP) allows users to send or receive copies of files to or from systems
across a TCP/IP network. FTP also provides functions for renaming, adding, and deleting
files.
OS/400 TCP/IP supports the following FTP functions:
• Transferring database files of up to 1 TB.
• Transferring save files and members in physical
files, logical files, distributed data management
files, and source physical files.
• Transferring binary files “as is”.
• Using exit points to pass control to exit programs
for anonymous FTP and security controls.
• Sending text files in EBCDIC format or converting
them to ASCII (the default format).
• Creating and deleting libraries, files, and
members using iSeries FTP server
subcommands.
• Creating and deleting folders and directories
using iSeries FTP server subcommands.
• Running FTP unattended in batch mode.
• Converting double-byte character set (DBCS) data from iSeries EBCDIC code pages
to and from Internet ASCII code pages.
• Ability to transfer database files containing null field data.
• Support for popular graphical FTP clients and Web server development tools. This
enhancement includes support for UNIX format file listings from the iSeries FTP
server.
• Ability to use directories other than database libraries as the initial working directory
for the iSeries FTP server.