Re:

[John Earl <johnearl@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Are the numeric fields stroed as packed numeric on the
/400?   ASCII doesn't understand, and therefore FTP can't
translate, packed numeric.   You'll have to unpack the
fields prior to transfer.

You can do it manually for the files you will transfer, or
if you transfer many different files there are  tools that
you can buy that do this (I think Patrick Townsend from this
list has one) .

jte

Karl Lauritzen wrote:

>  I am trying to ftp from my 400 to a pc file.I can get any
> text file down and up ok but files with numbers are
> garaged up.I tried changing mode to ASCII but still no
> good. Here is my test: ftpopen
> mysystemusernamemypasswordasciiget lib/file
> c:\test.txt What am I missing?  Karl Lauritzen
> Second Vice-President
> Application Development
> 254-756-5531 x129 voice
> 254-399-0937  fax
> www.natlloyds.com
> klauritzen@mail2.texnet.net



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John Earl
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PowerTech Toolworks                         206-575-0711
PowerLock Network Security              www.400security.com
The 400 School
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