Re: AS400 (FTP --> UNIX)

Hello Tim:

If you use the BINARY type of file transfer, it will not be converted at all,
and will require special software to process it on Unix (PD is not native to
Unix, and neither is EBCDIC).  If you want to use the file on a Unix system,
you should unpack the data (you can do this in a logical view) and use ASCII
transfer.

HTH
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    -----Original Message-----
    From: Tim Truax <truax@usaor.net>
    To: ML - Midrange List <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com>
    Date: Tuesday, May 11, 1999 5:18 PM
    Subject: AS400 (FTP --> UNIX)


    Hello all,
    If I FTP an AS400 file that contains some packed data to a UNIX machine,
and I use the BINARY ftp command in my script, will it be converted or
readable on the UNIX as packed or upacked?
    :-) Tim & Dana Truax ... and Caleb :-)



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