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FTP Will strip all trailing blanks, Why?

Hi,

I have a PF where in some cases the last 2 fields (2x12 characters) are filled with blanks. During FTP from AS/400 to an ASCII machine, all the records are truncated after the last non blank character. So I'm missing the last two fields. This give some problems for the program that has to process the retrieved data.

How can I prevent this truncation without changing the contents of the resultfile??
Is there any EBCDIC character that will replaced during translation to ASCII by a blank, without stripping the trailing blanks??

Bob Butcher

Are you doing a bin first before doing a GET? A bin should do the trick if you are retrieving it from the AS400 to your PC.

Or try this.

FTP

then sign on

then type - QUOTE SITE TRIM 0 - this should stop the trimming.

Hope this helps!

Theo Kouwenhoven

ASKER

Samic400,

Using BIN, command is not the solution, it wil stop to convert EBCDIC to ASCII.

The QUOTE option is not supported (I think), when I send the file from the AS400 to the PC the following message appears in the FTP-log file:
"202 Command not implemented, superfluous at this site."

Bob Butcher

I'm sorry. I should have read your original question better - 400 to pc not assuming pc to 400.

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Theo Kouwenhoven

ASKER

Thanx a lot,P_S_Price !!!
It worx

Theo Kouwenhoven

ASKER

Hey P_S_Price,

Can you tell me why this option is not listed in the FTP helpfunction.
Are there more fo this "Secret" options, where can I find them.

Regards
Murphey

Peter Price

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