RE: Downloading a PF from AS400

["Saunders, Martin P" <martin.saunders@xxxxxxxx>]

Dhatha,

If you still want to use direct ftp to PC without using the IFS, one way I
have used to get around the problem with packed numerics is to create a
logical file and map the packed numerics to zoned and then ftp the logical
instead of the physical.


HTH

Martin

-----Original Message-----
From: Dhatha Thriyan [mailto:deardhath@hotmail.com]
Sent: 13 December 2002 22:17
To: midrange-l@midrange.com
Cc: rpg400-l@midrange.com
Subject: RE: Downloading a PF from AS400



How do I setup Netserver to connect to PC ?
After copying my physical file tostream file in IFS folder, how do I move it
to pc?

Thanks,
Dhatha


>From: "Dhatha Thriyan" <deardhath@hotmail.com>
>Reply-To: rpg400-l@midrange.com
>To: rpg400-l@midrange.com
>Subject: Downloading a PF from AS400
>Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2002 20:36:34 +0000
>
>Hello All,
>
>I need to download a physical file from AS/400 to PC.
>(1) The file size is significantly large.
>(2) The file has packed numeric fields
>
>When I tried FTP (in ASCII mode) as a flat (TXT) file, the packed ones are
>junk characters. When I FTPied in binary mode, I couldn't even view the
>contents. I do not have any file transfer utility software or anything of
>that nature and I have to do it manually. I just use the 5250 emulation.
>
>(1) How do I doownload a Physical file (as a flat file or excel file) to
>PC?
>(2) How do I transalte the packed fields to appropriate formate while
>downloading ?
>(3) Can anyone please detailed answer for this issue ?
>
>Thanks much in advance.
>Dhatha
>
>
>
>
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