Re: Batch FTP

[peteh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Pete Hall)]

In message <3.0.32.19970729120154.007a8db0@as400.envoyltd.co.uk>, From 
Bleddyn Williams <bleddyn@envoyltd.co.uk>, the following was written:
> Hi in the bit below its an S not F for the file as I just found out, 

I noticed that the day after I posted the original message. I submitted
an append, but it would have been really easy to miss.

> developing. Anyone with any pointers who has been along this route for
  > flat ACSII files, up and down to a PC.

Decimal data needs to be in zoned format. If the value could be
negative, I put an extra byte in front of the field for a sign. The
numeric value itself must always be positive, or the last byte will not
be a valid ASCII number.

hth
Pete


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