Re: CCSID Changes during ftp_get

[Charles Wilt <charles.wilt@xxxxxxxxx>]

Duane,

Sounds like to me that the destination file exists already with the wrong CCSID.

You'd either want to create the file with the right CCSID or use the
text mode so that the data is translated.

HTH,
Charles

On Wed, Apr 15, 2009 at 10:22 AM, Christen, Duane
<Duane.Christen@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>   Scott, et all.
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>   I am using the FTP api, version 2.2, to pull files from one IBM i to
>   another, the CCSID of the original file is 37 (and the data is in
>   CCSID 37), but when ftp_Get pulls the file, it's CCSID is set to 437
>   but the data is still in CCSID 37. I set the ftp_BinaryMode to *ON
>   before the get and the job log reflects the binary setting.
>
>   Am I missing something on the get?
>   Should I be using binary mode in the transfer?
>
>   This has been working for years but because we have a new vendor that
>   is sending files in uni-code (CCSID 1252) we had to change the file
>   open to include the O_TEXTDATA flag so that the open would convert
>   those files which come through a web service to CCSID 37, these are
>   working fine. Because the FTPed files have a CCSID setting of 437, but
>   the actual data is in CCSID 37, fun occurs.
>
>   Thanks
>   Duane
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