Re: IFSFileWriter problem: unusual output in IFS file

Kelly Cookson wrote:

>We want to write text strings to a file in the IFS. We can write to the IFS 
>file, but each letter is separated what looks like a tab, and the end-of-line 
>characters are unusual.
>
>Here's the exact code:
>
>
>       public static void main(String[] args) {
>               AS400 system = new AS400("mysystem", "myname", "mypassword");
>               IFSFile file = new IFSFile(system, 
> "/home/mydir/writeifs_test.txt");
>               try {
>               PrintWriter myWriter = new PrintWriter(new BufferedWriter(new 
> IFSFileWriter(file)));
>               myWriter.println("a new test");
>               myWriter.close();
>               } catch (Exception e) {
>                       e.printStackTrace();
>               }//end-try-catch
>       }//end-main
>
>The content of the writeifs_test.txt file in Notepad looks like this:
>
> a   n e w   t e s t 
> 
>There are also two special characters (boxes) at the end of the line that are 
>not showing up in this email message. When I open it in WordPad, I see a box 
>between each letter of "a new test."
>
>It's not an issue of translation when moving the file from the IFS to my 
>desktop (via Navigator drag and drop), because I can move other text files 
>from the same IFS directory to my desktop with no problems.
>
>Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
>Thanks,
>Kelly
>
>  
>
Hi,
have you tried to see the file natively with DSPF or EDTF ?