Re: VB FTP z/OS to z/OS (again?!)

2013-12-30 Thread Joel C. Ewing
Since EBCDIC is a specific encoding for text glyphs, I would have to agree with Frank that specifying "EBCDIC" certainly should imply one is discussing "text" data. I have no idea if documentation on z/OS FTP explicitly states that or not; but if its usage there is not intended to imply text data,

Re: VB FTP z/OS to z/OS (again?!)

2013-12-30 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Mon, 30 Dec 2013 12:37:36 -0800, Frank Swarbrick wrote: Is there any reason why I would not prefer "binary/record" over "ebcdic/blocked"?� The former seems to make much more sense, since that is in fact what I am doing.� Specifying EBCDIC implies a text file, which this is not (even though i

VB FTP z/OS to z/OS (again?!)

2013-12-30 Thread Frank Swarbrick
For a z/OS to z/OS file transfer of a VB binary file we can use "binary" and "(structure) record", ie: //FTPVBGET JOB ,'VB FTP GET',NOTIFY=&SYSUID  //EXECFTP  EXEC PGM=FTP,PARM='remote_zos (EXIT'    //SYSPRINT DD SYSOUT=*