How to Send Us Data

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How to Send Us Data

When investigating software issues, we often request that users post test data to our anonymous FTP site to replicate the problem. If requested to do so, please perform the steps listed below. Please note that FTP must be run in passive mode (-p).

Data is automatically scrubbed from this FTP site after 7 days!

Please inform us when you post sample data so that we have plenty of time to pull it before its scrubbed.

Non-Windows FTP client:

ftp -p ftp.rap.ucar.edu
username=anonymous
password="your email address"
cd incoming/irap/met_help
mkdir "surname_data" # where surname is your last name
cd "surname_data"
put "your files"
bye

Windows FTP client:

Please note that Microsoft delivers a dysfunctional FTP.EXE client program that does not support "Passive Mode". This means it will be necessary to use a different third-party FTP application, e.g. 'CyberDuck' or 'WinSCP', if Passive Mode (PASV) is required.

If users require native tools, it is possible to access the server using the 'curl' utility (provided by default in Windows 10, Ver 1803+) See below.

SEE NOTE ABOVE:
ftp ftp.rap.ucar.edu
username=anonymous
password="your email address"
quote pasv
cd incoming/irap/met_help
mkdir "surname_data" # where surname is your last name
cd "surname_data"
put "your files"
bye

Using the curl command:

NOTE: the trailing '/' is important here to specify that it is a directory.

Users can create an upload directory using something like:

    curl --ftp-pasv --ftp-create-dirs ftp://ftp.rap.ucar.edu/incoming/irap/met_help/surname_data/    # where surname is your last name

Users can upload a file using something like:

   curl --ftp-pasv -T filename ftp://ftp.rap.ucar.edu/incoming/irap/met_help/surname_data/   # where surname is your last name

Users can verify its existence:

   curl --ftp-pasv ftp://ftp.rap.ucar.edu/incoming/irap/met_help/surname_data/    # where surname is your last name

References:

• https://everything.curl.dev/ftp/
• https://everything.curl.dev/ftp/upload
• https://curl.se/docs/manpage.html