Need help with FTP.

Factual Questions
1

I’m having trouble changing directorys. I’ve search Google and the like for answers, but all I see is Questions unanswered. Since this is mainframe based, I can’t use FTP clients like Cute or other Windows based FTP clients. Of course I could work around it, but for the job to be automated, it has to work this way.

How does an OS/390 or DOS based FTP clients change directorys on windows based servers that are long file named? Of course I could shorten up the directory names or put them together, but let’s just say I can’t.

Example. MVS FTP client logs into Windows FTP Server:

Assume my target directory on the server is: /123/abc/Deal File

FTP winftp.ftp.ftp
username
password
cd /123/abc/Deal File >>>This doesn’t work.
cd /123/abc/DealFi~1 >>>This doesn’t work either.
cd /123/abc/dealfile >>>Nope.
cd /123/abc/DealFile >>>Uh huh.
Are FTP command interpreters incapable of resolving long directory or file names?

Sorry if this doesn’t belong here, but it’s driving me crazy.

2

WAGs:

What happens when you try to change directories one level at a time?

cd 123
cd abc
etc

How about sticking a \ in front off the spaces?
cd Deal\ File

3

Yes, all the directorys work when changing from one at a time.

Good Idea with the Deal\ thing, but that didn’t work either.

4

cd “abc/Deal File” (with the quotes)

5

Thanks Gyan9!!! That worked!