Programmatic FTP

Product Highlights

Programmatic FTP (PFTP) allows the integration of file transfer capabilities into your application software. Product highlights include:

• Downloads, uploads, or crossloads files over TCP/IP network
• Provides application programming interface to TCP/IP File Transfer Protocol
• Asynchronous design permits easy application integration
• Multithreaded implementation permits multiple concurrent transfers
• Auditable interface assures outcome of request is always known

Product Summary

PFTP provides an application programming interface (API) to the File Transfer Protocol, allowing application systems running on the Tandem host to effect the transfer of files between any two machines on the TCP/IP network. One of these machines may be the Tandem system running PFTP, but need not be.

PFTP is an ideal tool to facilitate the implementation of a controlled environment where the distribution of files throughout the network can be managed from a Tandem resident application system. Possible applications of PFTP include automatic, unattended upload, download, or crossload of files, check-in or check-out of files from a file server, automated update of data files throughout the network, software distribution to networked PC's, or file transfers based upon any "trigger" that you might want to implement.

Additional features include a multithreaded implementation (allowing multiple concurrent file transfers), an auditable interface (assuring that the outcome of every request is known), and an asynchronous API (permitting application processing concurrently with file transfers).

Product Benefits

• Open Systems Standards compliance assures complete interoperability with virtually any other network node.
• Increased productivity and economy due to highly efficient multithreaded design and implementation.
• Enhanced user productivity due to asynchronous interface.
• Increased reliability due to completely auditable design permitting application recovery on error.
• Available in a high performance FEP version as well as Tandem TCP/IP version.

Further Details

To learn more about Programmatic FTP, its implementation, and its advantages, follow any of these links:

• The TCP/Link PLUS Product Announcement is a downloadable document containing further descriptive information regarding this product.
• Frequently Asked Questions (FAQS) may answer some of your remaining questions.
• An on site product demonstration is the best way to get into the "nuts and bolts" of any product.
• Contact a Failsafe representative to discuss product capabilities.