Re: [MI400] unknown block length

["Leif Svalgaard" <leif@xxxxxxxx>]

Mark,
I think the list can learn too, so I forwarded this to the list.

From: Mark Waterbury <mark.s.waterbury@worldnet.att.net>

> Hi, Leif:
>
> >>>---> Private reply to you only...<---<<<
>
> 1. how did you upload the file from the PC to the 400,
> using FTP?  Did you use any "conversion" such as
> ASCII-to-EBCDIC?  A ctrl-z character can sometimes
> be interpreted to mean "end-of-file" ...

==> FTP as binary

> 3. why not upload it into the IFS, into an IFS directory,
> and then use the IFS APIs to read the file? That way,
> it is just a stream of bytes; no "eof" until the last byte! ;-)
>

===> the data is all there in a database file member.

> What kind of "stuff" is in this file, binary data, or characters?

binary data


> And, why did you pick 10000 bytes for the record length?
> Why not 32766, the maximum allowed by OS/400 QSYS files?
>

It should work with any length, but the size is about 11,000


> I am happy to try to help, if I knew a little more about what you
> are trying to do, and with what tools.
>
> For example, you might have better luck using ClientAccess
> file transfer facilities, since they give you more control over the
> whole process, and what kind of conversion, etc., than just plain
> old FTP... ;-)
>

FTP worked fine, all the data is there

> Let me know how you make out with this...
>
> I am pretty sure that Gene Gaunt has done some of this kind
> of thing... perhaps you can send him a direct e-mail to ask him?
>