Re: FTP from I5 to Server with CRLF

[Scott Klement <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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
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> D crlf                           CONST('X'0d25')
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> Thanks
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> Mary
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