A process I use is to either do one of the following to the file on z/OS before FTP
TSO XMIT DFDSS TRSMAIN Then download to the pc with BIN Then upload the z/OS with Bin Then reverse the process used to format the file with TSO XMIT, DFDSS, TRSMAIN This usually works for most file types. Lizette > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf > Of Gilbert Cardenas > Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2013 8:44 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: FTP variable block dataset from z/OS to Windows and back > > Barry said: > "You can't pass a V/VB/VBS file in and out of windows or unix unless it is > tersed or > XMIT Manager'd at both ends, or unless you write a program to reconstruct the > raw > records after uploaded to the second z/OS." > > Sorry Barry, can you please elaborate, are you saying that if I terse the VB > dataset on > the mainframe before ftp'ing it to the windows server, I should be able to > re-upload to > the mainframe correctly or did I missing something? > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
