How to set File Format to Binary

Gousiya Mulla · New User Joined: 02 Jun 2008 Posts: 87 Location: Bangalore

HI ,

I am FTPing a Dataset which do contain the data in Binary format .
But how can I set the file type to Binary .
Is there any specific command for this ?

I am Ftping to Tandem machines from mainframes .

Please can any one advice ??

yugendran · New User Joined: 14 Dec 2007 Posts: 51 Location: indore

Hi,

Just type 'binary' before receiving the dataset.

Thanks,
Yuge

Gousiya Mulla · New User Joined: 02 Jun 2008 Posts: 87 Location: Bangalore

Hi Yuge ,

Thank you . I have googled and I have got . Job has run fine .

Can you/someone please advise, which parameter we need to set to override the same DSN everytime we set .

dick scherrer · Posted: Fri May 22, 2009 2:53 pm

Hello,

Before each transmission, change the dataset name as required. This can be done manually or you can have a front end process that re-creates the ftp control info before each execution.

Gousiya Mulla · New User Joined: 02 Jun 2008 Posts: 87 Location: Bangalore

Dick , Thanks for your information .

While doing work-around , I have got one more question ..

I need FTP 5 files of different LRECL . Can I do this in the one FTP job ?
At present I am defining parameters for a sinlge DSN .

Please advice

Robert Sample · Posted: Fri May 22, 2009 3:21 pm

Sure -- each FTP GET and PUT command is treated separately. You may have to use QUOTE SITE commands to set parameters appropriately. I've even sent binary and text files in the same FTP session by switching back and forth between BINARY and TEXT commands in FTP.

Gousiya Mulla · New User Joined: 02 Jun 2008 Posts: 87 Location: Bangalore

Hi Robert , thanks for your response ..

Please can you clarify ...

I am using the below JCL :

//FTP EXEC PGM=FTP,REGION=4096K,
// PARM='IP ADDRESS (EXIT '
//SYSTCPD DD DSN=S.FTPLIB(TCPDATA),DISP=SHR
//SYSFTPD DD DSN=S.FTPLIB(FTPDATAP),DISP=SHR
//NETRC DD DSN=S.FTPLIB(USERID),DISP=SHR
//OUTPUT DD SYSOUT=*
//SYSPRINT DD SYSOUT=*
//INPUT DD DSN=S.FTPLIB(FTPTST),DISP=SHR

Where ,

TCP DATA for config information ,
USERID for the ID, passwords .

Have given I/O files in FTPTST and as below :
ASCII
BINARY
PUT INPUT FILE' 'OUTPUT FILE'
QUIT

Have given the respective LRECL , RECFM info in FTPDATAP .

But just confused if I given more than one DSN in FTPTST , how can I define the parameters ?

Please advice .

Robert Sample · Posted: Fri May 22, 2009 3:50 pm

Using your terminology and getting rid of the unnecessary ASCII command:

Gousiya Mulla · New User Joined: 02 Jun 2008 Posts: 87 Location: Bangalore

Hi Robert ,

I really apologise if I am asking the same quetion again .

My quetion here is :

Assume , Input file/file1/file2 are of different record lengths .
Do we need to specify them(different LRECL) explicitly ?
If Yes , how can we do it ...
If No , is FTP job by default allocates the Output file/file1/file2 .. and we do not need to define them ??

Please let me know .

Robert Sample · Posted: Fri May 22, 2009 4:16 pm

Question 1: do you see anywhere in the FTP PUT command to put the DCB characteristics such as record length?

Question 2-5: does Tandem need a record length? If so, how does their FTP server require the value to be specified? If not, why worry about it?

If you need to specify the record length, your code would be something like