On Fri, 9 May 2008 15:19:53 -0500, Mullen, Patrick wrote: >I thought this would be straight forward, but I can't get it to work >correctly. Trying to FTP a DSORG=VB dataset from one z/OS 1.7 system to >another z/OS 1.7 system. The dataset contains alphabetic and packed >decimal data. > >With no special commands, some of the packed data comes out translated >into different hex values. Adding a 'bin' command resolves the >translation, but now record structure is lost. Adding a 'quote site rdw' >doesn't make any difference, but maybe that syntax is incorrect. > >Any ideas? >
Try "quote site recfm=vb" and see if it preserves it. You might also have to add LRECL and BLKSIZE. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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