Re: CCSID 37 / 500 issues with FTP

[Mike Amos <yl_mra@xxxxxxxxx>]

Dan,

Which file system are you going to? If it's QSYS, then create the file 
before you do the transfer and, if necessary, specify the CCSID that you 
want, ex. 037. If it's the IFS then you should be able to specify the 
CCSID when starting ftp.  If neither of these suggestions work, then 
type ftp at the command prompt and press F4 then F9. You should see

                            Additional Parameters

 Outgoing EBCDIC/ASCII table  . . TBLFTPOUT      *CCSID
   Library  . . . . . . . . . . .
 Incoming ASCII/EBCDIC table  . . TBLFTPIN       *CCSID
   Library  . . . . . . . . . . .

There are a lot of xlation tables available such as QSYS/QEBCDIC. 
Unfortunately, the only way I know of the find them is to do a dspobj 
*all *tbl and look through them. They usually have the work translate in 
them and you may spot them by looking for something like 'CHRID(*N 1009) 
to CHRID(11', if they are relevant to ftp, so that they are relatively 
easy to spot - but there are a lot of them. See 
http://archive.midrange.com/rpg400-l/200104/msg00486.html for 
information on how to create your own table.

Hope this helps,
Mike

Dan wrote:
> I have an iSeries application that performs a file transfer to get a file
> from a Windows server via FTP.
>
> When the file is received on the iSeries, it has a CCSID of 500.  Left and
> right brackets appear on the iSeries file as a cent sign and exclamation
> point, respectively.  When I do the FTP on my PC and view the file in
> notepad or any editor, the brackets appear as expected.
>
> The iSeries application is expecting the brackets, and I'd like to have the
> characters translated correctly.
>
> There is a CCSID parameter on the FTP command, but it did not like 37 nor
> 500, so I obviously am missing the point of this parameter.
>
> Specific RTFMs or even outright solutions would be greatly appreciated!
>
> - Dan