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RE: Help: Transfer file error using FTPAPI



> > I use the get FTPAPI to transfer files from pc to as400; everything
> > goes fine besides for the file record length: I get a file record
> > length smaller on the AS400  than the original length on the PC.
> >
> >
> >
> > The record length on the PC is 1639 bytes, on the AS400 the GET
> > transfers only 1024 bytes.
> >
> >
> >
> > What should I do to transfer the whole 1639 bytes record length ???
> 
> 
> Are you transferring binary data?  Are you transferring in binary mode?
> 
> May we have just a little more detail about the transfer itself, please?
> 
> And just to be sure . . . when I read this, it sounded like you were
> initiating this from the PC.  That would mean you're not using FTPAPI
> since it works as a client, not a server.  So, my question: This is a
> program on the AS/400 that uses FTPAPI to pull data from the PC, right?


One more point:  You mean, "file size" rather than "record length," right?
Since FTP is a stream processor, it has no concept of records and record
lengths.

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