Configuring FTP to Work Around System Problems
You can configure FTP to work around specific operating system problems.
PASV Warning
OS/2 and VMS machines have known problems with operations if FTP uses the PASV command. FTP warns users of these problems when connecting.
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The ftp.ini file is not created by FTP. You need to create the file yourself using the Windows Notepad application. In Notepad, type [settings], then save the file in the user directory as ftp.ini. |
To disable the PASV warning:
Protocol errors
A broken FTP server sends incorrect FTP protocol replies to system commands.
To avoid protocol errors:
End of File characters
You can force FTP to treat Ctrl-Z characters in any ASCII file transferred to a server as the End of File (EOF) character, even if the Ctrl-Z character is in the middle of a file.
To treat Ctrl-Z as EOF: