Sony PDW-HD1200 Operation Manual page 111

HELP
Displays a list of the commands supported by this unit, or
an explanation of the specified command.
Command syntax: HELP <SP> <command-name>
<CRLF>
The following data is transferred, depending on whether a
command name is specified with <command-name>.
• Command name specified: Explanation of the specified
command.
• No specification: Command list
Input example: HELP RETR
NOOP
Does nothing except return a response. (Used to check
whether this unit is running.)
Command syntax: NOOP <CRLF>
PWD
Displays the current directory ("/" if the directory is the
root directory).
Command syntax: PWD <CRLF>
CWD
Changes the current directory (moves from the current
directory to another directory).
Command syntax: CWD <SP> <path-name> <CRLF>
Moves to a directory as follows, depending on whether a
directory is specified with <path-name>.
• Directory specified: To the specified directory
• No specification: To the root directory
Input example: CWD General
CDUP
Moves one level up in the directory structure (makes the
parent of the current directory be the current directory).
Command syntax: CDUP <CRLF>
MKD
Creates a new directory.
Note
Directories can be created only in the General directory.
For details, see "File operation restrictions" (page 98).
Command syntax: MKD <SP> <path-name> <CRLF>
RMD
Deletes a directory.
Note
Directories can be deleted only in the General directory.
For details, see "File operation restrictions" (page 98).
Command syntax: RMD <SP> <path-name> <CRLF>
MDTM
Acquires the date and time of the most recent modification
of the file in the format "YYYYMMDDhhmmss" (YYYY:
year, MM: month, DD: day, hh: hour, mm: minute, ss:
second).
Note
The date and time cannot be acquired in the following
cases.
• When the path name includes a wildcard ("*", replaced
by any string of characters, or "?", replaced by any single
character).
• When the size of the path name is greater than 1023
bytes.
Command syntax: MDTM <SP> <path-name> <CRLF>
Input example: MDTM PROAV/DISCMETA.XML
Extended commands
In the Command syntax, <SP> means a space, entered by
pressing the space bar, and <CRLF> means a new line,
entered by pressing the Enter key.
SITE REPF
Sends an MXF file from the specified path on this unit to
the remote computer. This command allows you to specify
a segment in the body of the MXF file (composed of video
and audio data), for transfer of the required segment only.
Notes
• A segment greater than the file size cannot be specified.
• This command cannot be used when the path names
contains a space. Use the SITE REPFL command
instead.
Command syntax: SITE REPF <SP> <path-name> <SP>
<start-frame> <SP> <transfer-size> <CRLF>
<start-frame> specifies an offset from the start of the file.
Data is transferred from the video frame at the offset (the
first frame is 0).
<transfer-size> specifies the number of video frames to
transfer (specify 0 to transfer to the end of the file).
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