Compaq OSI/FTAM D43 manual Introduction to the Compaq FTAM Responder, Functional Overview

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Introduction to the Compaq FTAM Responder

This manual describes the Compaq Open Systems Interconnection/File Transfer, Access and Management (OSI/FTAM) responder and its virtual filestore (VFS). Compaq OSI/FTAM is the Compaq implementation of the FTAM standard ISO 8571, developed by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO).

File Transfer, Access and Management (FTAM) is a set of Application Layer services and an Application Layer protocol to support file handling on Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) networks. Using this standard FTAM protocol across an OSI network, different computer systems can transmit and receive file contents and file- management-related messages.

The information in this manual is useful to you if you are doing either of the following:

•Developing FTAM applications, or using interactive FTAM applications, that run on remote systems and use the services of the Compaq FTAM responder

•Solving problems involving a Compaq FTAM responder or its virtual filestore (VFS)

While this manual is designed to be as complete as possible with regard to the Compaq FTAM implementation of the responder, it is not intended to duplicate or replace the ISO standards and National Institute of Science and Technology (NIST) FTAM Phase 2 agreements. The preface to this manual, called “About This Manual,” lists the relevant ISO and NIST documents that you may want to review.

In this manual, ISO FTAM refers to the FTAM specification as defined in ISO 8571, and Compaq FTAM refers to the Compaq OSI/FTAM product.

Functional Overview

ISO FTAM provides the following file-handling functions across the network:

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Creating files Deleting files

Erasing part or all of the contents of files Reading from files

Writing to files Reading file attributes Changing file attributes

OSI/FTAM Responder Manual—425199-001

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