IIRC, the £ symbol would occupy the same code page location as the $ does in code pages used where the $ is the preferred currency symbol. I suspect that this would require code page customization for TCP/IP on the mainframe.
Bill Pi-R wrote: > Hi, Kevin. > > How did you manage to have a dataset with a name containing a £ on a > z/OS 1.7 system? As far as I know, datasets with such names can't be > catalogued. See > http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/cgi-bin/bookmgr/BOOKS/IEA2B661/12.22.1?SHELF=iea2bk61&DT=20060125042105&CASE= > > Pierre. > > ============================= > Simple is too complicated > > kevin wrote: > > I'm getting a problem trying to FTP a dataset from windows up to a zos > > 1.7 system. My dataset on the > > zos system has £A as its second level qualifier. When I issue a CD > > command I get a message > > > > cd £a > > 501 A qualifier in "∟a" begins with an invalid character > > > > If I change the command to cd $a it works :- > > > > cd $a > > 250 "I899.$A." is the working directory name prefix. > > > > I know its only an inconvenience but does anyone have any ideas? > > > > Cheers > > > > Kevin ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
