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Darius Cooper wrote:
> 
> I realize this is not a strictly tcp/ip question, but I couldn't find a ftp
> newsgroup and figured the experts would be in this group:
> 
> I want to transfer files from the PC to the mainframe using ftp.
> The transfer involves an ASCII to EBCDIC conversion.
> Most of the characters are translated correctly, but a few are not.
> Some characters that are not being translated correctly are: the caret sign,
> the square brackets, the thin vertical line (as distinct from the thick
> vertical "pipe" symbol).
> 
> I repeated the ftp from AIX to the mainframe, using "type ascii" and "Type
> ebcdic", but the result was the same.
> 
> I was wondering if there was any way to specify a translation table and then
> point ftp to that table.
> 
> TIA,
> 
> - Darius  Cooper

Assuming you are on MVS TCPIP 3.2:-

Look in TCPIP.SEZTCPX (or whatever high level node your installation
uses. We use SYS1.TCPIP).

Create a new member 'DARIUS' (or whatever), copy the closest one
(probably 'US') and fix it up. As far as I can tell, the translations
you need are:

symbol               EBCDIC   ASCII

caret                x'B0'    x'5E'
left square bracket  x'BA'    x'5B'
right square bracket x'BB'    x'5D'
vertical line        x'6A'    x'7C'
(I'm not sure if the last one is the one you are referring to, but its
the only one I could find in both EBCDIC and ASCII.)

Create a sequential dataset TCPIP.DARIUS.TCPXLBIN with the same
attributes as TCPIP.STANDARD.TCPXLBIN (RECFM=F,BLKSIZE=256,LRECL=256) 

In TSO, execute the following command

CONVXLAT 'TCPIP.SEZATCPX(DARIUS)' 'TCPIP.DARIUS.TCPXLBIN'

Add a DD card to the FTP started task JCL
//DARIUS DD DSN=TCPIP.DARIUS.TCPXLBIN,DISP=SHR

Before FTPing, use the command
SITE XLATE=DARIUS

If everyone else using FTP on that MVS needs the changes anyway, just
CONVXLAT the table into TCPIP.STANDARD.TCPXLBIN. That way you won't need
the new dataset or the XLATE command.

John Pashley
Global Financial Products Division, EDS
john.pashley@eds.com

In article <6vfg34$5m5$1@news.megsinet.net>,
Darius Cooper <Darius_cooper@Bigfoot.com> wrote:
: I realize this is not a strictly tcp/ip question, but I couldn't find a ftp
: newsgroup and figured the experts would be in this group:
: 
: I want to transfer files from the PC to the mainframe using ftp.
: The transfer involves an ASCII to EBCDIC conversion.
: Most of the characters are translated correctly, but a few are not.
: Some characters that are not being translated correctly are: the caret sign,
: the square brackets, the thin vertical line (as distinct from the thick
: vertical "pipe" symbol).
: 
: I repeated the ftp from AIX to the mainframe, using "type ascii" and "Type
: ebcdic", but the result was the same.
: 
: I was wondering if there was any way to specify a translation table and then
: point ftp to that table.
: 
: TIA,
: 
: - Darius  Cooper
: 
: 
: 


Use Kermit.  See http://www.kermit-project.org/

Kermit is designed to perform character set translation during the
file transfer and is available both on PCs and the mainframe operating
systems.


    Jeffrey Altman * Sr.Software Designer * Kermit-95 for Win32 and OS/2
                 The Kermit Project * Columbia University
              612 West 115th St #716 * New York, NY * 10025
  http://www.kermit-project.org/k95.html * kermit-support@kermit-project.org