Re: why ftp packed ascii to ifs doesnt work

Did you check the hexadecimal format of you file? Packed data field is very
special( not in normal EBCDIC format).

Best Regards.

James Fu

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I'm trying to understand why a ftp put (with bin) from Win Server
to iSeries ifs alters the file data if packed data exists in the file.
I thought "bin" would move the file as is. There should be no ascii to
ebcdic
in going to the ifs. Dealing with about a hundred different files and many
packed fields.
I see (thru google) this same problem exists in the unix and mainframe
world.
(Was probably sleeping thru this part of Computing 101..)
Jim
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