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Re: Can we FTP a CSVF file to local desktop in good format

Well you should then know that it depends on the encoding that you are
using to produce your csv file. IBM i uses EBCDIC normally and that is
totally different from ASCII. But the strange thing is that when you FTP
to an IBM i system, if you DON'T explicitly use the BIN command before your
download, it automatically converts your EBCDIC data to ASCII. What you
may be experiencing is the opposite: you may be producing your csv data in
actually ASCII or CCSID 1208 or the like and you are FTPing without the BIN
command which would cause your FTP connection to translate automatically to
ASCII and that is indeed weird and a total mess. That's the strange
characters you may be seeing.

El mar, 22 mar 2022 a las 11:13, jerry ven (<jerryven95@xxxxxxxxx>)
escribió:

No , I get kind of junk values when I try to open this csv file on my local
desktop whereas the same csv file looks pretty good in the IBM i
environment.


Thanks

On Tue, 22 Mar 2022 at 22:33, Javier Sanchez <
javiersanchezbarquero@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Are you NOT getting that same appearance as seen on the IBM i?

El mar, 22 mar 2022 a las 10:56, jerry ven (<jerryven95@xxxxxxxxx>)
escribió:

Yes, final goal is to download csv file to local desktop but after
downloading is completed it's format should look the same as it looks
in
IBM i,how to do so?
this link :*


https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/ftp-ascii-file-members-between-pc-and-os400
<


https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/ftp-ascii-file-members-between-pc-and-os400
*
tells steps for ASCII type file members so is it true for CSV file
type
members as well?


Thanks

On Tue, 22 Mar 2022 at 22:20, Javier Sanchez <
javiersanchezbarquero@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

If your final goal is to preserve the original data's encoding, say,
ASCII,
then you only have to send a BIN command to the FTP connection. Is
that
what you're asking?
Sorry, but it looks too trivial.

El mar, 22 mar 2022 a las 10:46, jerry ven (<jerryven95@xxxxxxxxx>)
escribió:

Hi,

Can we download a csv file using FTP in such a way that after
download
it's format should not be disturbed and should be in a good visible
format?
like it is in IBM i ?


Thanks
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