Re: Copying Files/Members from IFS Using Share

[Bryan Dietz <bdietz400@xxxxxxxxx>]

maybe a wild goose chase
is the data in the file the same as the file itself?
i recall using DSPF and seeing a message at the bottom of the screen 
indicating a difference in CCSIDs.

Bryan


Brad Stone wrote on 1/21/2026 2:39 PM:
> I have a customer who has a share set up in Navigator for i on a file in a
> library.
>
> File CCSID is 37.  It's a plain text file.
>
> Until today (what is claimed, I never witnessed it) when dragging the file
> over from the IFS using explorer and the share it would convert fine.  But
> today it started doing it with garbage (well, not converting that I can
> see).
>
> I tried setting up a new share and replicated the problem.
>
> The conversion is set up in IBM Navigator for i and the "simple conversion"
> is checked with a wildcard "*" in the extension box.
>
> Any ideas?
>
>
>
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