Try quote site sbdataconn(IBM-037,ISO8859-1) before your get or put command. This tells the ftp server what translation to apply.
If it help, find out what is setup at your location. Have a look at the FTP data configuration file (http://publibz.boulder.ibm.com/cgi-bin/bookmgr_OS390/BOOKS/f1a1b4a0/18. 3?SHELF=f1a1bkc0&DT=20100607113411) -- Peter Hunkeler ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN