Re: FTP from I5 to Server with CRLF

Hi Mary,

How are you creating these files? It looks like you're using some RPG code, but then what?

From your symptoms, my best guess (and this is really a stab in the dark) is that you are putting the data into a PF (flat file) and manually adding CRLF onto the end of each record.

Then, when OS/400 converts the file from a PF to a stream file in order to send it over FTP, it *also* adds a CRLF, resulting in two CRLFs at the end of every record, and therefore a blank line between each. You don't need to manually add a CRLF if you are writing your data to a PF and then FTPing it from the PF in ASCII mode. The system will add it.

On the other hand, if you are building a stream file off the bat in your RPG program, you'll want to code the CRLF. If that's what you are doing and you're still having this problem, then further exploration will be necessary. A big help would be to get a hex dump of the file (actually just a record or two would be fine) before transfer, and after transfer.



Mary E Mallazzo wrote:

We need to transfer several files from the I5 to a windows server ,the files
require an CRLF at the end of each record. The data appears correct on the
I5, but when viewed on the server there is a blank line between each
records..obviously as a result of the CRLF.how can we have a CRLF at the end
of each record yet not have a blank record created on the server side. We
are creating the file via RPGLE creating the CRLF as

D crlf CONST('X'0d25')


Thanks


Mary