Re: ccsid vs ftp

[CRPence <CRPbottle@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 30-Jan-2012 13:17 , rob@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> I had some txt files with a ccsid of 819.  Some with 37.  Some with
> 1252. I used ftp in ascii to transfer them down.  Only the 1252 were
> human readable.
>
> I did a CPY to another directory and gave them a ccsid of 1252.  Now
> they are all human readable.
>
> Since these are created by vendor software (IBM Lotus Domino) any
> chance I can just get ftp to work as I want it to and just make them
> all human readable without having to CPY them first?

  Try using the TYPE subcommand of FTP with the CCSID option to 
override the default on the STRTCPFTP command; i.e. issue in the IBM i 
client FTP session:
  TYPE C 1252

Regards, Chuck