NetEx EFT213 Reference Manual Rel 5.4

APPEND Alias CommandDescriptionThe APPEND alias command sends the source file from the local host to the current active remote host andappends it to the destination file. If no path to the file is specified on the source or destination file (i.e., if afile name is given without a directory or device specification), the default local and remote directories areused respectively. That is, the source file is assumed to exist in the local default directory, and the appendedfile is assumed to exist in the remote default directory. If the destination parameter is not specified, a file bythe same name as the source file name will be appended to in the remote default directory. If the remote filedoes not exist, the command will return an error.The source file name may include the NetEx/eFT wildcard characters “*” and “?”, as well as host specificwildcard characters where the two do not conflict. See “Source Wildcard Support for IBM z/OS File Transfers”on page 54 and “Destination Wildcard Support for IBM z/OS File Transfers” on page 56 for more details.FormatCommand Qualifiers ParametersAPPENDsource [destination]Where:APPENDsourcedestinationExamples(required) the verb for this command. The minimum spelling is APPEND.(required) the file specification for the file on the local host that you intend to send to the remotehost.(optional) the file specification for the file that is being appended to on the remote host.To append the file alpha.txt from the current default local directory (C:\GUEST\SMITH\) to a file on the remotehost, issue the following command:eFT> append alpha.txteFT: SOURCE DESTINATION SIZEeFT: ------------------------- ----------------- -------eFT: C:\GUEST\SMITH\ALPHA.TXT ALPHA.TXT 54909Notice the entire source filename is displayed. The resulting destination file specification depends on the remotehost to which the connection is made. If no destination name is specified, the source name is used toconstruct the destination name of a file in the current default remote directory. The size indicated in the displayrepresents an approximation of the number of bytes from the source file transferred.Related TopicsFTP Alias CommandSEND CommandREF-eFT213-R5.4-08 FTP Aliases Page 193