RE: IFS file to PF Member

["Gary L Peskin" <garyp@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

The CCSID argument in the constructor only controls how the resulting IFS
file is tagged in its attributes.  The actual byte array is written to the
file.  How are you creating that byte array?  Remember that the iSeries JVM
is an ASCII JVM so if you're doing something like "astring".getBytes(),
you'll get a byte array with ASCII encoding.

Also, why are you using an IFSFileOutputStream to write to a PF member?

Consider using an IFSTextFileOutputStream or SequentialFile.

HTH,
Gary

> -----Original Message-----
> From: java400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx 
> [mailto:java400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Daniel Feather
> Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2004 2:25 PM
> To: java400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: IFS file to PF Member
> 
> 
> Hello,
>       I need to copy the contents of an ASCII file from the 
> IFS to a PF member. I am using the IFSFileInput and Output 
> streams, and I set the CCSID on the output stream to 37, 
> which after reading some of the entries in the archive is 
> EBCDIC. However, no matter what I set the CCSID on the output 
> stream to, it always writes the data as ASCII. When I do a 
> wrklnk on the pf member, and take an 8, it shows the member 
> having ccsid 37, but when I view it using DSPPFM it is all 
> garbage, so I view it via wrklnk and it gives me a little 
> message at the bottom saying "File CCSID not valid" and 
> displays it correctly, which I guess means it is still ASCII.
>       
>       What am I missing here? Is it possible to get this to 
> work the way I want? We are currently using FTP to do this, 
> but we want to be able to shut-down the ftp service on our 
> box for security reasons. I searched the archives and came 
> across some similar questions, but everything I have tried so 
> far based on what I have read, hasn't worked. I appreciate your help!
> 
> Dan Feather
> Silhouette/PinPoint R&D Programmer
> Jack Henry & Associates, Inc.
> dfeather@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> 
> 
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