Re: source file download via CA/400

[Pete Hall <peteh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Richard Baird wrote:
> 
> The problem lies in the fixed record length nature of source files.  All
> the records have padded spaces at the end, making it more difficult to
> edit using pc based editors.   It's not a big deal, just an annoyance.
> 
> My question is this, does anyone have a decent way of downloading fixed
> length records, but only transfering the non-blank portions of the
> records, I assume by somehow appending a carriage return to the end of
> each record?
> 

Here's an opportunity to exploit the behavior of FTP that everyone else
is moaning about. See if it doesn't truncate the records for you. If it
does the trick, get a copy of WS_FTP. It works fine with the AS/400 as
long as you configure it as if you were talking to another PC, doesn't
cost much, can be downloaded for free, and is easier to use and faster
than client access file transfer.

-- 
Pete Hall
peteh@earth.inwave.com
http://www.inwave.com/~peteh/
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