Re: Using blue zone to send files from the iSeries

[Scott Klement <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I have no clue what "blue zone" is.  But, if it's like FTP, these 
options control character set translation.

BINARY = do no translation whatsoever.  Exact byte values are preserved. 
If there are any end-of-line or end-of-record markers, they are sent 
as-is, no attempt is made to convert them to the desintation system's 
conventions.

NOTE: Binary mode was originally designed for transferring 
pictures/images that are not organized into records, and do not contain 
text. Therefore, it's often referred to as "Image" mode. (Even though 
today it is used in a wide variety of applications.)


ASCII = Sender converts data to some flavor of ASCII (the CCSID is 
specified elsewhere) and end-of-line markers to CRLF characters during 
transmission.  The receiver will convert the data back to it's expected 
destination encoding and end-of-line format.


EBCDIC = Like ASCII mode, but with an EBCDIC character set used during 
transmission instead of ASCII.


Which should you use?  That entirely depends on your situation.


On 11/9/2011 8:42 AM, fbocch2595@xxxxxxx wrote:
> Hi Folks, I'm trying to transfer a PF from my iSeries to another
> system, VSE I think, and I want to know what the settings should be
> for the transfer mode.  Should I keep it at auto or should I change
> it to ascii, binary, ebcdic or none?  Do the transfer options need
> to be changed also?