Re: FTP changes the record format name

[Vernon Hamberg <vhamberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

TA

Does the PF exist already on the target system with the correct format 
name? I suspect not.

Look at the destination files - I suspect they all have 1 field, while 
the sources may have several.

This is because when you FTP something to a PF that does not yet exist, 
that PF gets created as a flat file.

So either pre=create that file, or do as Rob suggests and use the SAVF 
method - and in that, be sure to use SAVF as the extension on the source 
file (assuming use of NAMEFMT 1).

You COULD have a script that sends the DDS over, then runs a command to 
create the file, then send the contents as BIN. All this can be done 
with FTP.

HTH
Vern

On 10/20/2017 9:00 AM, T. Adair wrote:
> When I FTP a PF from one System i to another, FTP will preserve the 
> filename and member name, but it (apparently always) changes the 
> record format name from whatever it was to the same as the filename.
>
> Example:
> PUT DS_DATA/DS_PRDXF.DS_PRDXF  DS_DATA/DS_PRDXF.DS_PRDXF
>
> This successfully puts the DS_PRDXF file in the DS_DATA library on the 
> source system, into the same file/library on the target system.
>
> So far, so good.  The problem is that the record format name on the 
> source system is DSPRDXFR, but FTP changes it to DS_PRDXF (same as the 
> filename) on the target system.
>
> Why?
>
> This file needs to be FTPed to multiple libraries on multiple systems. 
> I do not relish the thought of having to transfer the DDL source 
> member to each system, and then manually create the file in each 
> library on every system.
>
> Is there an FTP setting to prevent this behavior?  I've searched the 
> archives, and I've Gaagled it, without success.  Does FTP simply not 
> ignore the record format name, and assign a default?
>
> FTPing to the same library name (on a remote system) or to a different 
> library name makes no difference.  Same result.
>
> All our systems are on 7.2.
>
> As always, any guidance would be greatly appreciated.
>
> ~TA~