Bill is correct- you need to set the host type. It would be nice if they made auto-detect a bit smarter. Firefox has the same issue. I have one profile for when I transfer datasets (auto-detect0, another profile for HFS/OMVS (UNIX).
On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 7:06 PM, Bill Godfrey <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, 2 Dec 2009 18:32:25 -0800, Charles Mills wrote: > > >I've been using WS_FTP Pro between Windows XP and "conventional" > z/OS > >datasets for some time now with no problems. > > > > > > > >I just tried to access some OMVS files and they are displaying very > >strangely in WS_FTP. If I leave the filter blank, then all directories and > >files have access permissions (you know, strings like drwxr-xr-x) > displayed > >instead of their names. If I set the filter to *, then the names are > >displayed but folders are listed as binary files with a colon appended > to > >their names (e.g., a folder named source is displayed as a binary file > named > >source: ) and the cd command no longer works. I can't find a relevant > >option. Has anyone else seen this? What am I doing wrong? > > > If the Host Type for the session is Auto Detect, try changing it to UNIX. > > Bill > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO > Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
