FTP to Mainframe

Question

I'm trying to FTP to mainframe. But I got the following error message: "Name length error for pathname ftp://ps2.lac.com//'HRUNT.PER.EEF.DE34.ACK.DDATA(+1)' (550)."

What is the correct path name to use if I want to FTP to Mainframe?

Here is the code:

ftpHost = "ps2.lac.com";
ftpUserId = "testuser";
ftpPassword = "testpwd";
MainframeName = "HRUNT.PER.EEF.DE34.ACK.DDATA(+1)";

Ftp client = new Ftp();
client.Connect(ftpHost);

// authenticate 
client.Login(ftpUserId, ftpPassword);

// browse directories, transfer files 
client.Site("RECFM=FB LRECL=120 BLOCKSIZE=27900");

string ftpfullpath = String.Format("ftp://{0}//'{1}'", ftpHost, MainframeName);
client.PutFile(f, ftpfullpath);

// disconnect 
client.Disconnect();

Answer 1

The remotePath parameter of the PutFile method is not expected to be in the full URI format (starting with "ftp://servername...").

Try to construct ftpfullpath just with the following value:

string ftpfullpath = String.Format("//'{0}'", MainframeName);

or:

string ftpfullpath = String.Format("//{0}", MainframeName);

or only:

string ftpfullpath = String.Format("{0}", MainframeName);

Comments

string ftpfullpath = String.Format("//{0}", MainframeName); works But the file sent as binary. How do I specify the file sent as text file?

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The Ftp class default transfer mode is binary. To upload file in ASCII format try setting the TransferType property to FtpTransferType.Ascii first.

For an example see http://forum.rebex.net/questions/728/sending-file-in-ascii-format