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[psridhar]

Hi

I have a problem while doing FTP of a file. The content in the file is ":4]c//16x|". When I FTP that file to desktop as test.txt, the content in the text file is ":4!c//16x

[superk]

Well, you've got a file that contains characters that don't exist in EBCDIC, so the FTP translation table can't properly convert the coding.

First, a good rule of thumb: don't use characters that can't be entered directly from a standard 3270 keyboard.

Part of the problem may be that your site has implemented a modified translation table. The logical OR "|" character is supposed to be a x'6A' in EBCDIC to properly translate to the ASCII character x'7C'. Your site may be coding that character as x'4F'.

The right bracket "]" doesn't exist in EBCDIC, so it is not going to get translated correctly.

I would start by determining how the file should be formatted on the ASCII machine. Then, I would upload the file through the same FTP process. Then, editing the dataset with HEX ON, you should be able to see what is required for the EBCDIC character equivelent.

Once you know that, I would then pass the original file through a translation process, converting the characters as necessary to their required EBCDIC values, before running the FTP.