FTP Receive Question

["Brian J. Eckenrod" <beckenrod@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I have a problem I am trying to solve with something clever and not a big
change.  Someone is trying to send a large stream of data to our AS400 via
FTP.  This data is EDI data and not wrapped (one long string of chars).

Problem is, with the record size limit on the DB2 side of the AS400, there
would be the possibility of truncating the data, if it is written as one
long string of data.  Of course I built my processes expecting the data to
be dropped on the DB2 side of things and would rather not change to receive
the data from the IFS.

So, I am looking for a way, if there is one, to 'put' a stream of data in to
a fixed width file on the AS400.  My plan would be for the FTP initiator to
create a PF on the 400 with a remote command and then put the data in to it
and have it somehow 'magically' wrapped :)

If that is not possible, is there a DSPFD equivalent on the IFS that I could
create a list of similar files in an IFS folder.  Like show me all files
that begin with TX* in folder XYZ?

Thanks everyone,
Brian

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Brian J. Eckenrod
Paragon Consulting Services, Inc.
248 McClellan Drive
Pittsburgh, PA 15236
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