Re: iSeries IFS .PGP files and working with these

[Alan Campin <alan0307d@xxxxxxxxx>]

Not sure what the problem is. You say that the file can be read as a text
file. Are you asking how you process it as a text file? It is obviously not
encrypted if you can display it with a DSPF or is the text that you display
just gibberish?

On Wed, Dec 28, 2011 at 1:20 PM, Harman, Roger <Roger.Harman@xxxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> One would assume it's a PGP encrypted file.  You'll need to coordinate
> with the sender to get the public key needed to unencrypt it.
>
> I didn't have much luck with the ports of PGP to run on the IBM-i, so I
> use WS_FTP from Ipswitch and just map a drive to the IFS.
>
>
>
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> Subject: iSeries IFS .PGP files and working with these
>
> Hello everyone - Very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year ...
>
> We receive an acknowledgment file from one of the banks.
> The IFS file extension is a  ".PGP type"
>
> That is what the Bank gives me and I cannot change that.
>
> Say the file is : myacknowlegmentfile2011228.pgp
>
> I can go to the WRKLNK and use the DSPF over the IFS stream file with type
> .PGP (no problem)
>
> I can perfectly rename the file wanting to manage this resource as a .TXT
> file
>
> Here is the problem. I have not been able to manage this resource in order
> to export the file to a database file
>
> Has anyone been able to resolve something like this
>
> Thanks for your recommendations
>
>
> JorgeMoreno
> Military Car Sales, Inc
>
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