Re: FTP a file with text and comp-3 data in it from AIX to MVS (or the other way)

From: Rick Saylor (rsaylor_at_AUSTINCC.EDU)
Date: 10/26/04

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    Date:         Tue, 26 Oct 2004 13:03:47 -0500
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    Bill,

    I bet the file on MVS contains EBCDIC, not ASCII, and comp-3. FTP knows
    about the EBCDIC and will translate it to ASCII, but it fouls up the comp-3
    data. In BIN mode, FTP just sends the data and doesn't translate the EBCDIC
    to ASCII. Because you are dealing with comp-3 data you need to use bin
    mode. So, you can either translate the EBCDIC to ASCII on the mainframe or
    on the AIX box. But it sure looks like you will have to write a program or
    script to do it. Whatever does the translation will need to know where the
    comp-3 fields are so that it can ignore them.

    Rick Saylor
    Austin Community College

    At 11:23 AM 10/26/2004, you wrote:
    >Hi *,
    >
    >I have a user that is trying to get a file ftp'd from AIX to MVS. The file
    >contains both ASCII and comp-3 numeric fields in it.
    >
    >If we go ASC mode, the ASCII data is transferred OK, but the comp-3 data is
    >garbage. If we go BIN mode, the ASCII data is garbage, but the comp-3 data
    >is garbage.
    >
    >Anyone know a fix for this ? We've tried some dd commands and even changed
    >the transfer mode on the MVS side via 'quote' commands - but we're no
    >closer.
    >
    >Thanks in advance,
    >
    >Bill.
    >
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