Enables or disables the sending of the FTP protocol PORT command to the remote host. By default, FTP sends a PORT command when establishing a connection. If this command fails, FTP uses the default data port (20). Disable the sending of the PORT command when you communicate with remote hosts that ignore PORT commands. Default: ENABLE PORT_COMMAND. DCL Format ENABLE PORT_COMMAND DISABLE PORT_COMMAND UNIX Format sendport
1 – Example
FTP> ENABLE PORT_COMMAND FTP> PUT CODE.TXT 200 PORT command successful 150 Opening data connection for CODE.TXT (130.180.10.8,1182) 226 Transfer complete local: DISK$PROJECT6:[MANAGEMENT]CODE.TXT;9 remote: CODE.TXT 3634 bytes sent in 00:00:00.04 seconds (88.72 Kbytes/s) FTP enters a PORT command before the file transfer.