FTP_MIRROR, Utilities, Manage an FTP Mirror
FTP_MIRROR V1.0-5, 8-NOV-2002
Copyright © 1994, Dan Wing.
Copyright © 1997, MadGoat Software.
Copyright @ 1998, Richard Levitte.
Copyright @ 2000, Dick Munroe
Copyright 2000 by Dr. Martin P. J. Zinser
Copyright © 2001, 2002 by Hunter Goatley
This code may be freely distributed and modified for no commercial gain
as long as this copyright notice is retained. This program is supplied
'as-is', and with no warranty.
Created September 21, 1994, by Dan Wing, TGV <dwing@Cisco.com>
Hacked a lot by Richard Levitte <richard@levitte.org>
Features added by Hunter Goatley <goathunter@goatley.com>
Features added by Dick Munroe <munroe@acornsw.com>
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FTP_MIRROR is a DCL command procedure that can be used to set up a local
"mirror" of a remote FTP site. It automatically detects when new or updated
files are placed on the remote system and will FTP them to the local system.
Due to the different commands used by FTP Clients, only a few FTP Clients are
supported. Due to the different output generated by different FTP Servers,
parsing routines have only been written for a few FTP Servers.
o one of the following FTP Clients (on your system):
- MultiNet
- HGFTP (formerly MadGoat FTP)
- TCPware
- UCX (Compaq TCP/IP Services)
o mirrored against one of the following FTP Servers (on the remote system):
- MultiNet
- HGFTP (formerly MadGoat FTP)
- TCPware
- Unix
Limitations
- Does not detect when a file has been deleted from the remote site
- Starting with release 17, the procedure uses a lot of DCL symbols if it
needs to keep track of symbolic links. This may cause you to run out
of space for symbols (DCL_W_SYMOVF). In this event, you may do one of
three things:
1. Increase the number of CTLPAGES allocated for each process (use AUTOGEN)
and set MIN_CTLPAGES to some "large" number.
2. Break the transfer into more than one job (which may result in
duplicating some data).
3. Set DEREFERENCE_LINKS to NO.
Please send bug reports to <goathunter@goatley.com>