How to FTP french characters using ZIPVSE or any utility

mandyaharsha · New User Joined: 16 May 2009 Posts: 12 Location: Bangalore

Hi All,

I am trying to FTP a set of french characters as mentioned below from a queue to a particular SITE:

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TESTING FRENCH CHARACTERS - FTP

ê ë è é É Â Ä À Á â ä à á Ç
î ï ç

END OF TEST
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P.S : I am working in VSE environment not MVS.

Below is the JECL used:

* $$ JOB JNM=MAH014N1,USER=9900.0000.TECH
// JOB MAH014N1 / STEP001 / FTP / FTP PWR LST QUE'S TO FICHE
* $$ LST CLASS=V,RBS=0,DEST=(,xxxx)
* CLASS=P SEARCH=TEST-FR*
// EXEC PROC=FTP
// EXEC FTPBATCH,SIZE=FTPBATCH,PARM='ID=01'
SET TRANSLATE ON
LOPEN

Edited by moderator to remove site details.

LCD POWER\LST\P
LDIR TEST-FR*
QUOTE SITE TRANS=FRANCE_01
MPUT TEST-FR* TEST_FR.TXT
DIR
/*
/*
/&

But the FTP'd characters are different as mentioned:

@@@ãÅâãÉÕÇ@ÆÙÅÕÃÈ@ÃÈÁÙÁÃãÅÙâ@`@Æã×@@@R@S@T@Q@q@b@c@d@e@B@C@D@E@h@V@W@H@@@ÅÕÄ@ÖÆ@ãÅâã

Could you please tell me how we can get the data same as INPUT or will VSE os will not support this!!

Thank you!

Regards,
Harsha

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Robert Sample · Posted: Wed Dec 29, 2010 8:17 pm

You need to find out -- some of this from your site support group -- what the source code page is, what the translation table in use is, and which code page your translation should be using. You will then need to change your FTP to use the appropriate code page translation.

mandyaharsha · New User Joined: 16 May 2009 Posts: 12 Location: Bangalore

Hi Robert,

I am from the support team ,since we didn't get the reason for this mismatch in the input and output data.I contacted Technical expertise still his suggestions didn't work so I posted the issue here.I have tried all the possible options i.e., modifications in the JECL and I did the changes with the help of FTP reference docs but still there is no proper output.

Is there a way you can help me???

Thank you!

Regards,
Harsha

dick scherrer · Posted: Thu Dec 30, 2010 10:51 am

Hello,

The incorrect output you posted looks like what happens when there is a mix-up between ascii and binary. Try specifying one and then the other to see if this changes the output.

As Robert mentioned, there may be the need to specify the proper code page for your environment.

Robert Sample · Posted: Thu Dec 30, 2010 5:28 pm

Research SBDATACONN in the Communications Server User's Guide manual section 5.34. Also reference section 4.5.1 in this manual.

mandyaharsha · New User Joined: 16 May 2009 Posts: 12 Location: Bangalore

Hi All,

This time I made some minute changes in the JECL and below is the script :

// EXEC FTPBATCH,SIZE=FTPBATCH,PARM='ID=01'
LOPEN

Edited by moderator to remove site details.

LCD POWER\LST\P
LDIR TEST-FR*
BIN
MPUT TEST-FR* TEST_FR.TXT
DIR
/*
/*
/&

I removed the TRANSLATE option ..Now I am getting the output ,but there is some formatting issue which I am not able to fix it . I mean I am not add a specific COMMAND which will sort out this formatting issue.

My Input Data :
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TESTING FRENCH CHARACTERS - FTP

ê ë è é É Â Ä À Á â ä à á Ç
î ï ç

END OF TEST

Relevant Output data:
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TESTING FRENCH CHARACTERS - FTP ª œ Û © ˆ ß Ü š Ý á € ë ™ ã « END OF TEST

I googled a lot to find the "Communication User guide manual" but didn't find any and I tried in this forum too..Could you please share me the link for the same if you have or suggest me something to fix this formatting issue.

Thank You!

Regards,
Harsha
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Robert Sample · Posted: Fri Jan 07, 2011 4:19 pm

When you need IBM manuals, don't use Google -- go to the IBM web site and use their search function. The link you can use is publibz.boulder.ibm.com/cgi-bin/bookmgr_OS390/Shelves/F1A1BKB0

Even better, start building your own set of links to manuals, or work with your site support group to find out where they store the IBM manuals and you won't even have to go to the IBM web site.

Akatsukami · Posted: Fri Jan 07, 2011 5:15 pm

dick scherrer · Posted: Fri Jan 07, 2011 8:55 pm

Hello,

FWIW - nearly every site i've supported (since the manuals have been made easily available online) have downloaded the manuals to some drive on their local lan. They put all of the technical documentation in "one place" for ease of use. Periodically, they refresh the local copy.

dick scherrer · Posted: Fri Jan 07, 2011 9:01 pm

Follow on:

One thing you might try is creating a file that has all of the possible hex values - like: