Compaq OSI/FTAM D43 - Manual (Page 17)

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Introduction to the Compaq FTAM
Responder
This manual describes the Compaq Open Systems Interconnection/File Transfer, Access
and Management (OSI/FTAM) responder and its virtual filestore (VFS). Compaq
OSI/FTAM is the Compaq implementation of the FTAM standard ISO 8571, developed
by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO).
File Transfer, Access and Management (FTAM) is a set of Application Layer services
and an Application Layer protocol to support file handling on Open Systems
Interconnection (OSI) networks. Using this standard FTAM protocol across an OSI
network, different computer systems can transmit and receive file contents and file-
management-related messages.
The information in this manual is useful to you if you are doing either of the following:
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Developing FTAM applications, or using interactive FTAM applications, that run
on remote systems and use the services of the Compaq FTAM responder
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Solving problems involving a Compaq FTAM responder or its virtual filestore
(VFS)
While this manual is designed to be as complete as possible with regard to the Compaq
FTAM implementation of the responder, it is not intended to duplicate or replace the
ISO standards and National Institute of Science and Technology (NIST) FTAM Phase 2
agreements. The preface to this manual, called “About This Manual,” lists the relevant
ISO and NIST documents that you may want to review.
In this manual, ISO FTAM refers to the FTAM specification as defined in ISO 8571,
and Compaq FTAM refers to the Compaq OSI/FTAM product.
Functional Overview
ISO FTAM provides the following file-handling functions across the network:
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Creating files
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Deleting files
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Erasing part or all of the contents of files
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Reading from files
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Writing to files
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Reading file attributes
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Changing file attributes