IFS to IFS...DDS to DDS

[CZE Midrange <CZEMidrange@xxxxxxxxxx>]

We have established an FTP relationship with a business partner who will be
providing a standard DDS-based 400 file format of important data relative
to the entire business cycle.

Our partner "dropped" the DDS off in one of their IFS directories for us to
retrieve and bring back to our 400...it was NOT in their qsys.lib but
rather some random directory/folder.

Once we received the file, our goal was to get the data into one of our 400
libraries (qsys.lib) so we could examine the information accordingly. When
we tried a GET from our partners box to a library in OUR Qsys.lib
directory, the file transferrred in gobble-de-gook when we did a simple
runqry command to view it. And even if it worked, how would the system have
"remembered the DDS" file positions...as this file is most definetly not
meant to be transferred in a "flat record" format (1 long field).

So how can we retrieve a DDS-field delimited file from a non Qsys.lib IFS
directory and restore it on our box and into a standard library within
qsys.lib with the DDS definitions in tact?

PS...they do not want to allow us entrance directly into their qsys.lib
directory because of security issues. Let's just use that as a given for
this problem.

Thanks for any time and help you can offer.

 Rick Rayburn
NYC