Need to write a flat file to another server on the network

Don,

If Cloverleaf is on a Windows platform, then you can map to the device if it is exposed to the network much as any other windows platform. You would then use the full pathing (the shared drive notation) as you would normally.

If the Cloverleaf platform is UNIX, then there is the potential of NFS (Network File System) assuming that can be configured in your environment or 3rd party products (like Samba I think is the name) that allow such foreign file systems to be referenced from UNIX environs.

However, if your FTP/Fileset is outbound, then there really does not need to be any scheduled job for Cloverleaf. You can FTP to the target system as often as you want. This assumes the target system has an FTP server running.

In any case, on the target system something needs to be running that periodically picks up the files no mater how you get them there.

You will need ftp server running on your foreign system.[/u]

This error:  Detailed error:bind failure: Cannot assign requested address

Leaves me to beleive you may have put the FTP host name in a field that says: “Host Name or IP Address” in versions prior to 5.8 and “Local Binding Address” in 5.8

This field is only used when you want to specify which Network to use in a multi-network environment.  It is best left blank

Also, make sure you can access the FTP server from the command line before you ask Cloverleaf to do it

Don,

It appears the Server is blocking your attempt to change to the directory where the file is.

When you did the command line ftp, did you do a CWD to change the working directory?  If that worked successfully then use the same path in the Fileset/FTP Fileset Options Tab Directory field.

If the Server places you right where the files are to be found (thus no CWD necessary) then try a . (period) in the Directory field. First try the period in the command line with a CWD to see if that works.

The Fileset protocols require you to enter a directory so you cannot leave that empty but using a period says to change to where you are.

Sometimes the Server blocks even that (they essentially block the CWD command no matter the target). If this is the case, see if you can negotiate using the CWD and still allow them control over where you can change to. We have had to do that on occassion.

Don,

Is the value in your Fileset Options Tab Outbound Container Directory field correct? That should be the directory where you want to place the files. It looks like some sort of host name.

Also, remove the /dev/null from the Inbound Container Directory field. I think the presence of any value in that field indicates to the protocol it is supposed to GET files and I think you just want to PUT.

In addition, normally in the Host Address of the FTP Options we would expect to see either an IP Address or a host name. What you have there looks odd (the lanierout piece in particular).