Re: FTP Text File to Source File Member

That sounds like Unicode...

Are you sure it doesn't look like that on the PC?  HAve you tried
using EDIT from DOS?  (As opposed to Notepad, which isn't a plain-text
editor)


On Thu, 20 Sep 2001, Ian J. Forsyth wrote:

> I'm attempting to FTP SQL Source in a PC Text File to an iSeries Source File
> Text Member.
> Inside the Ftp Shell, I'm typing:
>
> ascii
> put sqltext.txt mylib/qsrc.sqltext
>
> which transfers the file to the source member; however, when I inspect the
> source member's data, I'm finding that there's a garbage character in front
> of the first text character and blank spaces inserted between every
> character in the file.  In other words, if I transfer:
>
> TEXT
>
> I get in the source member:
>
> <garbage character>T E X T
>
> In some instances, the lines become really long and data gets truncated.
>
> If it makes a difference, I'm using notepad as my editor on the PC.   Any
> ideas on how to solve this one?
>
> Ian Forsyth
>
>
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