PASV

This command requests this unit to “listen” on a data port (which is not its default data port). (It puts this unit into passive mode, waiting for the remote computer to make a data connection.)

Command syntax: PASV <CRLF>

TYPE

Specifies the type of data to be transferred.

Command syntax: TYPE <SP> <type-code (options

delimited by <SP>)> <CRLF>

<type-code> can be any of the following. However, for XDCAM, data is always transferred as “I”, regardless of the type-code specification.

•A: ASCII

-N: Non-print

-T: Telnet format

-C: ASA Carriage Control

•E: EBCDIC

-N: Non-print

-T: Telnet format

-C: ASA Carriage Control

•I: IMAGE (Binary) (default)

•L: LOCAL BYTE

-SIZE: byte size

Input example: TYPE I

Input example: MODE S

LIST

Sends a list of files from this unit to the remote computer.

Command syntax: LIST <SP> <options> <SP> <path-

name> <CRLF>

<options> can be any of the following.

•-a: Also display file names that begin with “.”

•-F: Append “/” to directory names.

The following data is transferred, depending on whether <path-name> specifies a directory or file.

•Directory specified: A list of the files in the specified directory

•File specified: Information about the specified file

•No specification: A list of the files in the current directory

The wildcard characters “*” (any string) and “?” (any character) may be used in <path-name>.

Input example 1: LIST-a Clip

Input example 2: LIST Clip/*.MXF

NLST

Sends a list of file names from this unit to the remote computer, with no other information.

Command syntax: NLST <SP> <options or path-name>

<CRLF>

STRU

Specifies the data structure.

Command syntax: STRU <SP> <structure-code>

<CRLF>

<structure-code> can be any of the following. However, for XDCAM, the structure is always “F”, regardless of the structure-code specification.

•F: File structure (default)

•R: Record structure

•P: Page structure

Input example: STRU F

The following options may be specified when no path- name is specified.

•-a: Also display file names that begin with “.”.

•-l: Display information other than file name (gives the same result as the LIST command).

•-F: Append “/” to directory names.

The following data is transferred, depending on whether <path-name> specifies a directory or file.

•Directory specified: A list of the file names only in the specified directory

•No specification: A list of the file names only in the current directory.

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MODE

Specifies the transfer mode.

Command syntax: MODE <SP> <mode-code> <CRLF>

<mode-code> can be any of the following. However, for XDCAM, the mode is always “S”, regardless of the mode- code specification.

•S: Stream mode (default)

•B: Block mode

•C: Compressed mode

The wildcard characters “*” (any string) and “?” (any character) may be used in <path-name>.

Input example 1: NLST-l

Input example 2: NLST Clip/*.MXF

RETR

Begins transfer of a copy of a file in the specified path on this unit to the current directory on the remote computer.

Command syntax: RETR <SP> <path-name> <CRLF>

Input example: RETR Clip/C0001.MXF

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