Hi Nicole –
An alternative to “pushing” the files to your AIX/Cloverleaf host via ftp would be to “pull” the files from the source system into an AIX directory for subsequent Cloverleaf processing (if needed).
If the source file resides on a host running ftp server, you can use ftp to ‘get’ the files from the source. Also handy is the samba client, smbclient, available for AIX, which will allow you to ‘get’ files from Windows-based systems using ftp-style commands.
smbclient is especially useful if your source host is a Windows PC that is not running ftp server. Having control of the transfers residing on the AIX box enables you to easily script and automate the transfer process.
– Glenn
