Comments on: iSeries to Unix FTP problem http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/iseries-to-unix-ftp-problem/ Wed, 22 May 2013 12:21:28 +0000 hourly 1 By: fjd http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/iseries-to-unix-ftp-problem/#comment-57914 fjd Thu, 20 Nov 2008 00:29:15 +0000 #comment-57914 Just a note that if you use Wordpad to view the file that is in a UNIX format it will be displayed correctly. Notepad will not display the file correctly as it expect the line terminator to be <CR><LF>.

Frazer Dixon

]]> By: labnuke http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/iseries-to-unix-ftp-problem/#comment-51593 labnuke Fri, 15 Feb 2008 15:06:59 +0000 #comment-51593 Context/ is a nice editor that can view/edit files that do not have CR/LF like you are describing. It has some good language highlighters. The feature I like the most is being able to mark/edit columns in a text file. Not a lot of editors can do that.

]]> By: bvining http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/iseries-to-unix-ftp-problem/#comment-51591 bvining Fri, 15 Feb 2008 12:11:55 +0000 #comment-51591 If you google ‘UNIX windows carriage return’ you will find various ways to convert the Unix file to a windows format (and that this is a fairly common problem…). But do you need to? Are you simply viewing the file from Windows to verify the contents and planning to process the file in a UNIX application? If so, you’re probably ready to go. The verification isn’t working due to the lack of a carriage return, but a UNIX application isn’t going to need it anyway.

]]> By: maverick69 http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/iseries-to-unix-ftp-problem/#comment-51590 maverick69 Fri, 15 Feb 2008 11:42:32 +0000 #comment-51590 Yes, I’m using ASCII mode. I’m looking at the file from my Windows PC. I’ve a drive mapped to our Unix box.

]]> By: bvining http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/iseries-to-unix-ftp-problem/#comment-51589 bvining Fri, 15 Feb 2008 10:52:42 +0000 #comment-51589 I must admit I’m a little confused. Normally this type of problem surfaces when sending from Unix rather than to Unix.

Windows uses the combination of carriage return and line feed to represent end of record, while Unix uses only the line feed. To help address this difference FTP defines that when moving files in ASCII mode that both carriage return and line feed are used, with the platform implementations then adding or removing these controls as necessary when working with the local file system. Are you using ASCII mode? If so, how are you “looking” at the Unix file? You should not find a carriage return, nor should you need one for processing of the file.

Hope this helps,
Bruce Vining

]]> By: maverick69 http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/iseries-to-unix-ftp-problem/#comment-51588 maverick69 Fri, 15 Feb 2008 09:55:47 +0000 #comment-51588 Hi Martin,
It doesn’t seem to like “STRUCT R” command when FTPing to a Unix box. I get the following error.

504 Unimplemented STRU type.

It works fine when connected to another iSeries machine.

Any help on this is much appreciated.

Thanks.

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