RE:

Are your numeric values 'packed'? Is so, FTP will not be able to
transfer this file. The packed values are looked at as EBCDIC bytes and
converted to meaningless ASCII bytes.

Send me mail direct at mailto:ken@cm-inc.com for other options
available.

Ken Slaugh
Senior Programmer/System Analyst
AS/400 Professional Network Administrator/MSE
Specialist - Client Access/400
Chouinard & Myhre, Inc.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Karl Lauritzen [SMTP:klauritzen@mail2.texnet.net]
> Sent: Friday, June 11, 1999 9:39 AM
> To:   midrange-l
> Subject:      
> 
> I am trying to ftp from my 400 to a pc file.
> I can get any text file down and up ok but files with numbers are
> garaged up.
> I tried changing mode to ASCII but still no good.
>  
> Here is my test:
>  
> ftp
> open mysystem
> username
> mypassword
> ascii
> get lib/file c:\test.txt
>  
> What am I missing?
>  
>  
> Karl Lauritzen
> Second Vice-President
> Application Development
> 254-756-5531 x129 voice
> 254-399-0937  fax
> www.natlloyds.com <http://www.natlloyds.com>
> klauritzen@mail2.texnet.net <mailto:klauritzen@mail2.texnet.net>
> 
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