Re: import

[murali dhar <hydchap1@xxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks to all who responded ,I have got useful
information from Info centre as well as from the posts
by Vern ,Robert & Mark ..
Thank you somuch  guys ...Kindly share your expertize
if you have more info... I wanted to know 
how/where the set up for external ftp to as400 is
done....


Thank you,
Murali.

--- Vern Hamberg <vhamberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> Murali
> 
> It's not clear who is sending to whom. If the
> iSeries is the destination, 
> you can ftp directly into your library, if the
> physical file is created 
> properly - no packed fields, basically. Or have a
> logical file over a 
> physical file - the logical would map packed fields
> in the physical to 
> zoned fields in the logical - works fine.
> 
> ftp to iSeries is no big deal - you need to start
> the server, and that's 
> about it. STRTCPSVR *FTP does it. The only thing to
> be aware of is a thing 
> called name format - look up NAMEFMT in InfoCenter.
> 
> There is a TCP/IP Reference, as well as a specific
> book on ftp at 
> InfoCenter, with everything you need between them.
> 
> HTH
> Vern
> 
> At 04:43 PM 1/14/2004 -0800, you wrote:
> >Hi
> >I have to import certain files to AS/400 in library
> >YIMPORT on a regular basis from a vendor.
> >Can some one let us know various ways how/where the
> >set up for external ftp to as400 is done.The upload
> >program into our tables expect the files to be
> present
> >in YIMPORT.
> >do i have to use any unix machine asking the vendor
> to
> >ftp  to the unix machine from where it is uploaded
> >into the library YIMPORT in AS/400.....I would like
> to
> >seek your advise and please correct if Iam wrong
> >
> >Thank you for your help in advance,
> >Murali.
> >
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