120 Appendix C: Using FTP297-8991-910 Standard 03.01 August 1999If the file format is not recognized by the FTP application, the system abortsthe file transfer and issues one of the following error messages.Example of an error message:‘503 TYPE must be Binary.’‘503 TYPE must be ASCII.’Volume listingThe FTP application provides the ability to determine available volumes onthe DMS-100 switch. Use the command ls / or to list the available active diskvolumes on the DMS-100 switch.Example of command:WS>ls /FTP cookbookThis section provides a primer on FTP on the DMS-100 switch, including thefollowing:• a description of the FTP implementation on the DMS-100 switch• command summaryFTP on the DMS-100 switchThe implementation of FTP on the DMS-100 switch conforms to industrystandards defined in RFC959. There are some differences between the DMSimplementation and others.FTP software resides on many nodes within the DMS-100 switch. It resides onall FPs and on the CM as well. Users can FTP directly to the CM, the FP, orany other nodes that have FTP software installed. In this document, the CM isused for illustration, although FTP exists in other nodes as well.FTP has limited resources and should be considered as a shared resource.Although FTP sessions time-out and deallocate within 10 minutes of idling,users are advised to manually terminate their sessions as soon as their work isdone.File name conventionsThis section gives a number of guidelines to help you choose proper file nameswhile working with FTP on the DMS-100 switch:• If you have a client session on the DMS-100 switch, full path names muststart with a slash (/).
