RE: FTP Issue

[michael@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

No...FTP does a character by character copy essentially...it doesn't
know about numeric fields...it's just a string of characters. Packed
and binary fields don't transfer well. Try a logical over the physical
that 'unpacks' the data.

> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: FTP Issue
> From: "Matthew Gross" <prrgg1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Mon, February 21, 2005 3:08 pm
> To: "Post AS-400 System Questions" <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> I recall a post here about FTP and numeric fields.  The PF's numeric fields 
> are not transferring properly.  I'm sure it's because of the conversion.  
> Isn't there a way to tell FTP to convert differently?
>  
> TIA
>  
> Matt
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