Re: RPG, IFS, and FTP

["Brad Stone" <brad@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Oh, I see.  I shouldn't have specifyed O_TEXTDATA on the
first create, and only specified it on the second create.
Correct?  (see code in response to Eric..)

Man, I need a nap.  :)

Brad

On Mon, 28 Oct 2002 17:04:17 -0600 (CST)
 Scott Klement <klemscot@klements.com> wrote:
>
> Are you creating the file with O_CREAT and at the same
> time assigning
> O_TEXTDATA and O_CODEPAGE?  If so, that's the problem.
>
> When you open a file with O_TEXTDATA it translates
> whatever the codepage
> on the file is...  however, if the file doesn't exist, no
> code page has
> been assigned, so no translation is done.  When you use
> O_CODEPAGE, you
> are assigning a code page...  OS/400 thinks that the data
> you're writing
> to that file will already be in that code page, and
> that's why you're
> assigning that.
>
> For example, if you were writing an HTTP client (since I
> know yu've done
> this) and you've asked the server for a codepage, you'd
> tell the AS/400
> that codepage.  You wouldn't want the data translated,
> because you'd be
> receiving it on the socket already in that page.
> And, that's what OS/400 thinks is happening...
>
> The solution is pretty simple.   First create the file
> with
> O_CREAT & O_CODEPAGE, then close() it and open it again.
> This time with
> O_TEXTDATA.   Since the file already exists, and already
> has a code page,
> the system will automatically translate for you.
>
> Good Luck!
>
>
> On Mon, 28 Oct 2002, Brad Stone wrote:
>
> > I am creating an IFS file with an RPG program.  I am
> > specifying the file as text data, code page 819.
> >
> > If I use WRKLNK to view the file, it looks great.  If I
> try
> > and use FTP to download the file, it's all garbage on
> my PC.
> >
> > can anyone explain why?  :)
> >
> > I'm having a little brain fry today...
> >
> > Brad
>
> _______________________________________________
> This is the RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries
> (RPG400-L) mailing list
> To post a message email: RPG400-L@midrange.com
> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options,
> visit: http://lists.midrange.com/cgi-bin/listinfo/rpg400-l
> or email: RPG400-L-request@midrange.com
> Before posting, please take a moment to review the
> archives
> at http://archive.midrange.com/rpg400-l.
>

Bradley V. Stone
BVS.Tools
www.bvstools.com