HP OpenVMS 8.x manual FTP passive on

FTP> passive on

Passive is on.

6.To access the directory containing the V8.3-1H1 operating system patches, enter the following command, using the exact case indicated for each letter:

FTP> cd openvms_patches/i64/V8.3-1H1 250 CWD command successful.

To access the directory containing patches for layered products such as TCP/IP Services or DECnet, enter the following command :

FTP> cd openvms_patches/layered_products/i64 250 CWD command successful.

7.Search for the patch you want by using the ls command, specifying a few unique letters of the patch name in uppercase (all patch names are in uppercase) surrounded by asterisks. For example, to look for a patch named VMS831H1I_MX2-V0100, enter the following command:

FTP> ls *MX2*

227 Entering Passive Mode (192,151,52,14,235,168)

150 Opening ASCII mode data connection for file list. VMS831H1I_MX2-V0100.ZIPEXE VMS831H1I_MX2-V0100.txt

226 Transfer complete.

47 bytes received in 00:00:00.00 seconds (45.90 Kbytes/s)

The .ZIPEXE file is the patch installation file; the .TXT file is the patch release notes (also included in the .ZIPEXE file).

8.If the patch is an UPDATE patch or a TCP/IP patch, which can be very large files, you might want to enter the hash command as shown in the following example so that in the next step you can verify that the download is happening as expected (hash displays # symbols on the screen as the file is being downloaded).

FTP> hash

Hash mark printing on (1024/hash mark).

9.When you find the patch file, use the get command to download the file, as in the following example. Remember that case is significant and all patch file names are in uppercase.

FTP> get VMS831H1I_MX2-V0100.ZIPEXE

227 Entering Passive Mode (192,6,165,75,248,228)

150 Opening BINARY mode data connection for VMS831H1I_MZX2-V0100.ZIPEXE (36218732 bytes).

#########################################################################

.

.

.

#########################################################################

#########

226 Transfer complete.

local: USER5:[PATCHES]VMS831H1I_MX2-V0100.ZIPEXE;1

remote: VMS831H1I_MX2-V0100.ZIPEXE

2238464 bytes received in 00:00:01.29 seconds (1.65 Mbytes/s)

10.Repeat steps 8 through 10 until you have downloaded all the patches you need.

11.When you are finished, press Ctrl/Z to exit FTP and return to the DCL prompt.

12.The patches are downloaded as compressed files. To decompress them, use the RUN command, as in the following example:

$ RUN VMS831H1I_MX2-V0100.ZIPEXE

This decompresses the patch into an installable file.

13.Install the decompressed patches as described in the patch release notes.

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