Thanks Don for answer my post. I have tracking number outstanding with the SAS institute (5273498). They said that the FTP site has to be able to accept multiple commands. I told then that QUOTE is specifically designed for a signal command. Does anyone know of an FTP site that takes multiple commands?

In article <3949F529.EC993CC7@xtra.co.nz>, Don Stanley <don_stanley@xtra.co.nz> wrote: > I had a good play with this today and concluded that the usage note is not > correct in its assertion that placing commas between commands will permit > multiple commands to sent to the remote FTP. The SAS RCMD option should > permit the equivalent to what the FTP QUOTE command permits. QUOTE is > clearly documented to allow one command to be sent to the remote. When a > command such as RNFR is sent, which clearly demands some extra interaction > to add the new file name, you immediately send a second QUOTE to > accomplish the new name part as follows:: > > ftp> quote rnfr test.newname > 350 RNFR accepted. Please supply new name for RNTO. > ftp> quote rnto test.oldname > 250 IS413.TEST.NEWNAME renamed to IS413.TEST.OLDNAME > > It is simply not possible to emulate this in datastep with a SAS FILENAME > because only one FILENAME can be open at a given time in a datastep. As > soon as you issue a second FILENAME to send the second RCMD with the RNTO > command the first is closed and the FTP connection no longer knows the > RNFR has been sent. > > The usage note referred to by the original sender documents a problem that > you cannot issue multiple RCMD comments in one filename. In fact you can, > the real problem, which the usage note doesn't make a great job of > stating, is that the second RCMD overrides the first. Thus a filename like > > filename test ftp .... rcmd='rnft oldname' rcmd='rnto newname' ; > > will see only the rnto sent to the remote. > > When you try and carry out the workaround in the usage note, FTP > interprets the whole text after the RNFR as a parameter to RNFR. The only > parameter is the filename. Thus, in the example below, > > ron.txt, rnto ron.txt2 > > is interpreted as the filename you wish to rename. This is obviously > unlikely to be a valid filename on any system. > > If you try and stack up comma delimited commands using QUOTE in FTP, this > is what you get .. > > ftp> quote pwd > 257 "IS413." is working directory. > ftp> quote pwd,stat > 500 invalid command pwd,stat > ftp> quote pwd , stat > 501 PWD command syntax error : too many parameters > > Clearly, the comma is not an acceptable delimiter. > > Perhaps someone from SAS Inst could comment on this to me? I would very > much like to see usage note G351 proven correct, but as far as I can see > it is not unless SAS does something magic with RCMD that we cannot see > yet. Certainly if it just passes RCMD through in a similar manner to > QUOTE, it will not work. > > Don > > bracyr@my-deja.com wrote: > > > Has anyone been able to send multiple commands with the RCMD option in > > the FILENAME statement. I am trying to rename a file on the remote > > host. > > > > FILENAME tst FTP 'X' RCMD="rnfr ron.txt, rnto ron.txt2" > > USER="&id" PASS="&PW" HOST="&host" debug; > > data; > > file tst; > > run; > > > > According to http://www.sas.com/service/techsup/unotes/V6/G/G351.html > > You can do multiple values for RCMD with commas. > > > > Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ > > Before you buy. > > -- > Don Stanley, B.SC, Dip O.R.S, MNZCS Director, Sysware Consulting Group > > Box 634, Wellington, NEW ZEALAND > http://www.sysware.co.nz > EMAIL:: don_stanley@xtra.co.nz > > Author:: Beyond the obvious with SAS Screen Control Language. > Author:: Solutions for your GUI Applications Development Using SAS/AF > FRAME Technology > > http://www.geocities.com/don_stanley_nz/don_home.htm > Genealogy:: http://www.geocities.com/don_stanley_nz/family.htm > SAS Tips:: http://www.geocities.com/don_stanley_nz/sastips.htm > >

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