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Article: 13845 of comp.protocols.kermit.misc
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From: fdc@columbia.edu (Frank da Cruz)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.kermit.misc
Subject: Re: C-Kermit FTP script
Date: 14 Nov 2002 11:32:52 -0500
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In article <8ce22d01.0211132107.1a569739@posting.google.com>,
Dan Skinner <JDanSkinner@JDanSkinner.com> wrote:
: ...
: Do you think success is the right answer to a failed login?
: The rules are the rules, but sometimes logic should prevail.
:
The primary purpose of the FTP OPEN command is to open an FTP connection.
If it succeeds in that, it doesn't fail.
As a convenience -- and also for secure connection types -- authentication
can also be performed as a consequence of this command. This can succeed
or fail separately, and thus it's tested seperately.
: When this script is done it will be run by cron as part of a scheduled
: backup on the network. I'll find out what happened by email so (as
: you say) if fail is a big deal and the more info in the email the
: better. I'm using Kermit FTP rather than native FTP for this reason.
:
Right, and of course you can have your Kermit script compose the email
message, plugging all sorts of relevant information into it from Kermit's
built-in variables ("show variables") and whatever else you want.
- Frank