The 3.x script language is identical to the 1.x version except from the following minor differences:

  • Every variable must start with the character “$”. Put $ at the beginning of every variable as shown in this example.
  • Every label must start with the character “:”. Put : at the beginning of every label as shown in this example.
  • The commands ISEQUAL, NOT, ADD and CONCAT are still supported but they are deprecated. As the 3.x script language supports operators you might want to replace them with their corresponding arithmetical symbols as shown in this example.
  • Some commands have changed their names and now the synchronization feature has been turned into a separate command (SYNC). See the table below for command correspondence.
Old command name New name Syntax changes
FTPOPENHOST OPENHOST no changes
FTPCLOSEHOST CLOSEHOST no changes
FTPGETFILE GETFILE Synchronization/mirror feature has been moved to the new SYNC command
FTPPUTFILE PUTFILE Synchronization/mirror feature has been moved to the new SYNC command
TRANSFERMODE SETTYPE Same syntax. Added EBCDIC.
LOCALCWD LOCALCWDIR no changes.
FTPCHDIR CHDIR no changes.
FTPCWD CWDIR no changes.
FTPMKDIR MKDIR no changes
FTPRMDIR RMDIR no changes.
FTPFILERENAME RENAMEFILE no changes.
FTPFILEDEL DELETEFILE no changes.
FTPLS GETLIST no changes.
FTPCHMOD CHMOD no changes.
All commands not shown in this list are not affected by any changes.