HP FTAM/9000

Interactive FTAM

You use HP-UX FTAM interactively by entering the ftam command at your system prompt:

$ ftam

This command starts an interactive session with FTAM, which lasts until you return to the system prompt by entering bye at the ftam> prompt:

ftam>bye

The interactive interface to HP-UX FTAM is patterned after a similar ARPA networking service called ftp. Interactive FTAM is covered in Chapter 2 “Using Interactive FTAM” When you need to perform several file transfers, or when you need to manipulate remote directories, the ftam interactive interface is a good choice.

Command-Line FTAM

There are several FTAM commands you can enter at the system prompt. These commands allow you to transfer or manage remote files without entering an interactive ftam session. This is an example of an FTAM command called fcp, used at the system prompt:

$ fcp FY91data chicago:FY91

This example copies FY91data to a host called chicago, where its name is FY91.

The command-line interface to HP-UX FTAM is patterned after a similar ARPA networking service called rcp. Command-line FTAM is covered in Chapter 3 “Using Command-Line FTAM” For simple file transfers, command-line FTAM is frequently the best approach.

Programmatic FTAM

This interface is for programmers only. It is used to develop applications that use FTAM services during their execution. The programmatic FTAM interface comes from the Manufacturing Automation Protocol (MAP), an industry-defined protocol specification that includes FTAM. It is extremely flexible, and is rather complex because it exposes all the features of FTAM.

Programmatic FTAM is described in a separate manual, the HP FTAM/9000 Programmer's Guide. Only experienced programmers will be interested in programmatic FTAM .