Re: FTP Question...NT-PC to AS/400

[Bob Larkin <blarkin@xxxxxx>]

Gadde wrote:
> 
> Hi everybody,
>         Is there a way to FTP a PC flatfile (binary file) to an AS/400 file
> without writing any conversion program on AS/400?
>         Details are as below:
>         This flat file has been created by dowloading a table on SQL Server
> in the native format. If you look at the data in the flat file, the numeric
> values are all special characters. I tried to FTP this flatfile in binary
> mode to a file on the AS/400 which has exactly the same data structure. But
> I couldn't really accomplish this task. Are there any preliminary steps that
> I am overlooking or I need to have a conversion program on the AS/400 to put
> the flatfile into the right file, once I get the file to AS/400 system.
> 
> Thanks in advance
> Babu.
> 
There are several translations available on the FTP commands. Check out
the FTP manual, and you might find what you need.

-- 
Bob Larkin
Larkin Computer Consulting
blarkin@wt.net
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