ABLEä
Advanced Bindery Library Exchange
Reference
Guide
Volume 23
FTP
Version 6.6.1
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Release Notes
V6.0 Preliminary release for review.
V6.01 Changes for ABLEä release 6.01.
V6.02 Changes for ABLEä release 6.02.
V6.4 Changed copyright.
The ABLEä Reference Guide is comprised of multiple volumes. The collection of volumes describes the functional and operational characteristics of ABLEä. The volumes are:
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1 |
r6-intro.htm |
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2 |
Library User |
r6-library-user.htm |
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3 |
r6-user.htm |
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4 |
r6-title.htm |
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5 |
R6-style.htm |
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6 |
r6-report.htm |
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7 |
r6-control.doc |
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9 |
r6-maint.htm |
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10 |
r6-transfer.htm |
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12 |
R6-emboss.htm |
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13 |
r6-help.htm |
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15 |
r6-bill.htm |
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16 |
r6-pm.htm |
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19 |
R6-s3.htm |
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20 |
r6-linstall.htm |
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21 |
r6-binstall.htm |
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22 |
r6-ezcut.htm |
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23 |
r6-ftp.htm |
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24 |
r6-alink.htm |
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25 |
r6-zlink.htm |
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27 |
r6-file-import.htm |
Glossary of Terms
FTP File Transfer Protocol. A method for transferring files between two computers.
FTP Server A machine configured to interact with others using FTP.
The ABLEä FTP batch file provides a simple interface for transferring files between an ABLEä library and ABLEä bindery via a common FTP site.
The batch file reads the master file and generates a script file that will be used by the FTP utility to upload all the files for each account.
Machine running Windows 95, 98, or NT 4.0 with TCP/IP installed.
There are eight files involved in transferring files. Only one (ftp_config.bat) is to be edited for configuration purposes.
ftp_config.bat
Able_put.bat
Able_get.bat
do_put.bat
do_get.bat
make_dir.bat
make_dir_file.bat
foreach.exe
Before the batch files are used, a configuration file must be properly configured.
Using any text editor to edit the file ftp_config.bat
Example file:
set ABLE_HOST=ftp.mybinder.com
set ABLE_LOGON=anonymous
set ABLE_PASSWORD=<your email address>
set ABLE_LOCALPATH=c:\able\ftp
set ABLE_REMOTEPATH=<library name>
This is the name of the FTP server to transfer files to.
Once connected to an FTP server, a user name must be supplied. Typically this might be the 'anonymous' user or may be an account set up especially for this purpose.
Along with a user name (see ABLE_LOGON, above) a password must be supplied. Note that the password requested for anonymous FTP is generally just the email address of the user.
When files are being sent (put, or uploaded) to the FTP server, this item must be set to the full path of the directory that the Bindery Transfer is set to in ABLEä. When files are being retrieved (get, or downloaded) from the FTP server, this item must be set to the full path of the directory that will contain the files to restore.
When files are being sent (put, or uploaded) to the FTP server, this item must be set to the path off the FTP root that will contain the transferred files. When files are being retrieved (get, or downloaded) from the FTP server, this item must be set to the full path of the directory that contains files to restore. This variable should be set to a unique library name in order for multiple libraries to share this FTP site.
Configure the ftp_config.bat file (see 4. CONFIGURATION above).
The ABLEä produced files should be in place, either on the local machine (for a 'put' transfer) or FTP server (for a 'get' transfer).
Note that all lots should be produced before running a 'put' transfer--do not run a 'put' transfer between lot productions.
Open a Command Prompt window. Go to the directory where the files are to be transferred to/from.
Run one of two batch files:
This batch file transfers files from the local machine to the FTP server. To run, type 'able_put' on the command line. When this command is done files should be placed in the appropriate directories on the FTP server.
This batch file transfers files from the FTP server to the local machine. To run, type 'able_get' on the command line. When this command is done files should be placed in the appropriate directories on the local machine.
Certain errors may occur when running the FTP batch files. The following errors can be ignored:
· “The system cannot find the specified path” – This error occurs when attempting to delete non-existent files on the FTP server.
· “Cannot create a file when that file already exists” – This error occurs when file(s) already exist on the FTP server. They will automatically be overwritten.