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---+ Changing default FTP settings on the HP3000

The file !BLDPARMS.ARPA.SYS contains the default parameters for inbound FTP transfers to the 3000. The first three lines of the file look like this (the file has more, but the rest is comment; only first three lines are read). Note that default for ASCII files is an 80-byte record like you are ending up with. 
<pre>
;REC=-80,,F,ASCII;DISC=204800
;REC=-256,,V,BINARY;DISC=204800
;REC=,,B;DISC=16384000
</pre>
As long as you don't violate limits of the MPE BUILD command, you can change these defaults as you wish (at least I think the BUILD command limits are the only ones you have to be concerned about). 

You can also make local copies of this file and point at that by doing: 

<pre>
:FILE BLDPARMS.ARPA.SYS=myfile
</pre>

--[[KenSletten]]


-- Main.ChrisBartram - 09 Jun 2006