<<File: proto.zip>>Additional information:

I've done a protocol trace for a session with cURL and
that shows that ALL the data has been transferred to
the PC. followed by a 226 message.

(We have no Win32 c development tools available
therefore I cannot toy arround with the sources I am affraid.

Using a perl script I also get the data transfer complete.
The transfer fails exactly after reception of three packets of data.
Attached is a zip file containing the protocol trace.
The overview, where the whole recorded session is displayed.
and a details.txt where the packets at the start of the transfer are
displayed.

The transfer is from a file which consists of a fairly fixed layout
with a blank line in between...

I hope someone will react/help now?

<Old posting>
This is an expansion from the previous question
(that was posted from my home address, where i didn't
have all the information available) and a private mail
with Daniel Stenberg.

On his request I posted it to the group...)

Original post:

A transfer with a tandem system consistently fails:
Without the -B it works, but it is an ASCII file and
and the tandem has a rich filesystem (ascii files are not
a stream of bytes with linefeed inserted).

Binary download

curl -u fss.ftpcoins:test!! ftp://tandem.xtra.nl/$DATA.PCEOE.PCG0049 -o t.txt
  % Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Curr.
                                 Dload Upload Total Current Left Speed
100 69632 100 69632 0 0 34420 0 0:00:02 0:00:02 0:00:00 65252

(but the file is useless)

Ascii download:

curl -u fss.ftpcoins:test!! ftp://tandem.xtra.nl/$DATA.PCEOE.PCG0049 -o t.txt -B
  % Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Curr.
                                 Dload Upload Total Current Left Speed
  6 69632 6 4380 0 0 2231 0 0:00:31 0:00:01 0:00:30 0cu
rl: (18) Received only partial file

another one with -v to show you intermediate results:

curl -u fss.ftpcoins:test!! ftp://tandem.xtra.nl/$DATA.PCEOE.PCG0049 -o t.txt -B
-v
* Connected to tandem.xtra.nl (10.75.1.130)
< 220 FTP SERVER T9552D40 (Version 3.f TANDEM 21MAY99) ready.
> USER fss.ftpcoins
< 331 Password required for FSS.FTPCOINS.
> PASS test!!
< 230 User FSS.FTPCOINS logged in. GUARDIAN API enabled
* We have successfully logged in
> PASV
< 227 Entering Passive Mode (10,75,1,130,9,32)
* Connecting to tandem.xtra.nl (10.75.1.130) port 2336
> TYPE A
< 200 Type set to A.
> RETR $DATA.PCEOE.PCG0049
< 150 Opening data connection for \EXTRA.$DATA.PCEOE.PCG0049 (10.75.3.235,4636d)
 (69632 bytes).
* Getting file with size: 69632
  % Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Curr.
                                 Dload Upload Total Current Left Speed
  6 69632 6 4380 0 0 1401 0 0:00:49 0:00:03 0:00:46 0cu
rl: (18) Received only partial file

just ftp from NT does work:

ftp
ftp> open tandem
Connected to tandem.xtra.nl.
220 FTP SERVER T9552D40 (Version 3.f TANDEM 21MAY99) ready.
User (tandem.xtra.nl:(none)): fss.ftpcoins
Password:
230 User FSS.FTPCOINS logged in. GUARDIAN API enabled
ftp> ascii
200 Type set to A.
ftp> get $DATA.PCEOE.PCG0049 t.txt
200 PORT command successful.
150 Opening data connection for $DATA.PCEOE.PCG0049 (10.75.3.235,4623d) (69632 b
ytes).
226 Transfer complete.
65450 bytes received in 0,29 seconds (224,91 Kbytes/sec)
ftp> pwd
257 "\EXTRA.$SYSTEM.NOSUBVOL" is current default.
ftp> cd $DATA
250 CWD command successful.
ftp> pwd
257 "\EXTRA.$DATA.NOSUBVOL" is current default.
ftp> cd pceoe
250 CWD command successful.
ftp> pwd
257 "\EXTRA.$DATA.PCEOE" is current default.
ftp> ls
200 PORT command successful.
150 Opening data connection for \EXTRA.$DATA.PCEOE. (10.75.3.235,4643d) (0 bytes
).
CLGB0620
CMGB0620
DIVI0620
FS000407
PCCLGB05
PCCRC05
PCG0018

----8<------- Cut some names here

ftp> quit
221 Goodbye.

The answer:

[snip]

> 150 Opening data connection for $DATA.PCEOE.PCG0049 (10.75.3.235,4623d) (69632
b
> ytes).
> 226 Transfer complete.
> 65450 bytes received in 0,29 seconds (224,91 Kbytes/sec)

The initially mentioned 69632 bytes is the tandem ascii format then and the
65450 bytes is in NT format?

It would also be interesting to see what the commands the NT client issues,
as can be seen if you enter 'debug' in the client before you do open.

<end of conversation>

Yep the file is complete the size difference is probably because of the
file structure information within the file which is not present on
unix/Windows system. There a file is just a bunch of unstructured bytes.
Tandem and VMS (and others that have record structured files) store record
lengths,
index data for index sequential files etc within the file.

upon request of daniel I added the debug output of a succesfull transfer
(Windows NT
native ftp client) below.

C:\WINNT\Profiles\nico baggus\Desktop\cURL-ssl>ftp
ftp> debug
Debugging On.
ftp> open tandem
Connected to tandem.xtra.nl.
220 FTP SERVER T9552D40 (Version 3.f TANDEM 21MAY99) ready.
User (tandem.xtra.nl:(none)): fss.ftpcoins
---> USER fss.ftpcoins
331 Password required for FSS.FTPCOINS.
Password:
---> PASS test!!
230 User FSS.FTPCOINS logged in. GUARDIAN API enabled
ftp> ascii
---> TYPE A
200 Type set to A.
ftp> get $DATA.PCEOE.PCG0049 t.txt
---> PORT 10,75,3,235,5,23
200 PORT command successful.
---> RETR $DATA.PCEOE.PCG0049
150 Opening data connection for $DATA.PCEOE.PCG0049 (10.75.3.235,1303d) (69632 b
ytes).
226 Transfer complete.
67065 bytes received in 0,96 seconds (69,71 Kbytes/sec)
ftp> quit
---> QUIT
221 Goodbye.

And a session without pasv

curl -u fss.ftpcoins:test!! ftp://tandem.xtra.nl/$DATA.PCEOE.PCG0049 -o t.txt -B
-v -P -
* Connected to tandem.xtra.nl (10.75.1.130)
< 220 FTP SERVER T9552D40 (Version 3.f TANDEM 21MAY99) ready.
> USER fss.ftpcoins
< 331 Password required for FSS.FTPCOINS.
> PASS test!!
< 230 User FSS.FTPCOINS logged in. GUARDIAN API enabled
* We have successfully logged in
* We connect from ci000291
> PORT 10,75,3,235,5,35
< 200 PORT command successful.
> TYPE A
< 200 Type set to A.
> RETR $DATA.PCEOE.PCG0049
< 150 Opening data connection for $DATA.PCEOE.PCG0049 (10.75.3.235,1315d) (69632
 bytes).
* Connection accepted from server
* Getting file with size: 69632
  % Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Curr.
                                 Dload Upload Total Current Left Speed
  6 69632 6 4380 0 0 2024 0 0:00:34 0:00:02 0:00:32 0cu
rl: (18) Received only partial file

I hope someone can help me with this,

regards
Nico Baggus

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