RE: Connecting UNIX through AS/400

You can certainly use ftp to move packed/binary data between 2 AS400's, but
the original question involved a transfer from AS400 to Unix.  I have not
met many Unix programs that understand how to read an AS400 packed numeric
field, hence the cautionary note.

Buck
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Carol Bastien 
> Sent: Sunday, June 27, 1999 8:41 AM
> To:   RPG400-L@midrange.com
> Subject:      Re: Connecting UNIX through AS/400
> 
> Just an quick info update - It's very easy to send packed fields using FTP
> whether it's an interactive or batch process.  Once you are signed on the
> FTP session, execute the  'Binary' subcommand prior to the Put or Get
> subcommand.  That is also required to transfer savefiles which I use to
> send a group of files or the source for programs.  One thing you should
> remember, the files you send must be defined on the receiving system
> first, or you will end up with only one field file. 
> 
> 
> Buck Calabro wrote: 
> 
> RPG IV supports sockets calls, so that's one way to talk to a Unix system.
> 
> FTP works great for moving files back and forth as long as you don't have 
> packed fields. 
> 
> Buck Calabro 
> 
> > -----Original Message----- 
> > From: G.R.Srinivas 
> > Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 1999 12:52 PM 
> > To:   RPG400-L@midrange.com 
> > Subject:      Connecting UNIX through AS/400 
> > 
> > Kindly suggest how to connect to UNIX system through RPG program, 
> > transfer files to and from UNIX, execute UNIX commands/files on UNIX. 
> 
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