FTP server subcommand
SUNIQUE is a separate command
that has to be issued before the PUT or MPUT. SUNIQUE sets a "mode" (in
the same manner as NAMEFMT, LISTFMT, and so on.), so that every PUT/MPUT after
it uses the setting entered on the SUNIQUE subcommand. For example:
FTP> SUNIQUE 1
FTP> MPUT *.FILES
If there is no parameter, SUNIQUE acts
like a toggle switch. The SUNIQUE value changes from 0 (OFF) to 1 (ON) or
from 1 to 0.
When there is a parameter, the valid values are:
- 0
- Overwrite the file if it exists. This is the default.
- 1
- Create a new file with a unique name on the remote system instead of overwriting
an existing file. The FTP server on the remote system sends the name of the
created file back to the user.
Note: If the remote system is an iSeries™, the server forms File.Mbr names
by adding numbers to the end of the of the localfile that you specified
in the PUT or MPUT subcommand. Thus, if the name NEWFILE.NEWMBR already
exists on the remote system, the remote iSeries server creates NEWFILE.NEWMBR1 and
writes the data to it.
File names for other file systems, like HFS,
work in a similar way. If the name already exists, a new file is created that
consists of the specified file name and a number suffix. Thus, if the name xfsname already
exists on the remote system, the remote iSeries creates xfsname1.