On 04/04/2007, at 12:52 AM, David Gibbs wrote:
The problem isn't invoking the commands ... but parsing the "550" error
messages that get returned.
When I'm connecting to a Japanese system, with a user profile that's
set
to use CCSID 5026, all lower case characters are returned as blanks.
The FTP response messages have lower case characters... so I can't
properly parse the responses.
I've read all the responses in this thread. Basic problem is that CCSID
5026 does not have lower-case Latin characters at the same code points
as other EBCIDC CCSIDs. The lower-case code points are used for
Katakana characters. Some part of FTP is converting these to blanks
when sending the result messages. Ordinarily a Japanese system would be
using a primary language of 2962 (or maybe 2984 but 2962 would also be
installed as a secondary language). If either 2962 or 2984 were
installed as the primary language you would not see this problem
because both these languages use upper-case messages and display text.
So this tells me that the target system has a primary language that
uses lower-case Latin yet also supports users with CCSID 5026. I
presume from that information that the target system probably has 2924
as a primary language but probably also has 2962 installed as a
secondary language so users, such as the one you are using to log on,
with a job CCSID of 5026 can see messages and panels in Japanese.
This problem happens even if the FTP job on both systems is changed to
use CCSID 5026 because it's not so much a CCSID problem as one of using
the wrong message file for the message text.
You can correct the problem by changing the library list of the FTP
server job. The 5026 user will need authority to the CHGSYSLIBL command
but if that can be accomplished then you can solve your problem. Here
is a transcript of the process:
File Transfer
Protocol
Previous FTP subcommands and messages:
Connecting to host gryphon.flybynight.com.au at address 192.168.0.1
using port 21.
220-QTCP at gryphon.flybynight.com.au.
220 Connection will close if idle more than 5 minutes.
> japan
331 Enter password.
230 JAPAN .
OS/400 . T TCP/IP
"V5R1M0".
250 N "1".
257 "/QSYS.LIB/QGPL.LIB" .
> quote rcmd CHGJOB CCSID(5026)
250 C CHGJOB CCSID(5026) .
> quote rcmd CHGSYSLIBL QSYS2962
250 COMMAND CHGSYSLIBL QSYS2962 SUCCESSFUL.
Notice that the messages are missing the lower-case values until the
library list is changed successfully whereupon upper-case text messages
are used thus solving your problem. The only issue now is whether the
user profile is allowed to be authorised to the CHGSYSLIBL command.
Regards,
Simon Coulter.
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