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  3. January 2003

Re: Understanding and Using OS/400 file systems

Hello,

>Oliver

>Is your unix server an ftp server? Then it may be possible to send a
>physical file directly with FTP, if there are no packed fields in the
>physical file. And no binary fields, probably. You could also create a
>logicl file over the physical, with all the numerics redefined as zoned.
>Then FTP that logical file directly.

The Unix server belongs to our corporate headquarter in the US. I have only
very limited access. The AS/400 physical file has numeric fields and the
negative numbers don't get transferred correctly.

Could this be a CCSID problem? We have CCSID 273 on the files, while US
uses 37.

Regards,

Oliver

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