Or just use Co:Z SFTP and send the data set directly rather than having to copy it to a Unix file. Then you can use the trim=on/off option to control whether you want trailing spaces trimmed.
Kirk Wolf Dovetailed Technologies http://dovetail.com On Thu, Aug 24, 2017 at 7:46 AM, John McKown <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, Aug 24, 2017 at 3:14 AM, venkat kulkarni < > [email protected]> > wrote: > > my dataset on Mainframe is FB , So whenever mainframe transfer data using > > FTP using ascii to AIX it doesnt have trailing spaces. > > > > But as SFTP cant transfer directly dataset into AIX location, so we > > transfer dataset to omvs location using OPUT and then from omvs, we > > transfer data to AIX using SFTP. > > > > So, I think, while transferring data from dataset to omvs it add trailing > > blanks and which carry forward to unix as well. > > Technically, the blanks are already there in an FB data set, so OPUT is > _preserving_ existing trailing blanks. FTP, with the option > NOTRAILINGBLANKS, will remove these existing trailing blanks, whereas sftp > will not remove them. There are a couple of things you can to. If you are > forced to only use standard IBM z/OS UNIX facilities, then you can use the > "cp" and "sed" commands to transfer the data in the DSN to a UNIX file. For > example: > > If your OPUT looks something like: > > OPUT 'SOME.DATA.SET.NAME' '/u/myid/transfer/unix.file.name.txt' TEXT > > You could replace it by using the OSHELL command. I am not using BPXBATCH > instead of IKJEFT01 to minimize the number of changes for the OP. > > OSHELL cp "//'SOME.DATA.SET.NAME' > " > /dev/fd/1 | + > sed > -E 's/ *$//;' >/u/myid/transfer/unix.file.name.txt > > > > Personally, I would install Dovetailed Technologies' "data set pipes" from > http://dovetail.com/downloads/coz/index.html. This software can be used > without any kind of fee or license. You need not even register it. It comes > with a UNIX command called "fromdsn". > Still using OSHELL instead of, and assuming that the proper directories > are on the UNIX ${PATH}, you could do: > > OSHELL fromdsn -K SOME.DATA.SET.NAME >/u/myid/transfer/unix.file.name.txt > > > Note that "fromdsn" does not normally prefix the DSN with your TSO id. So > the DSN is not enclosed in ' characters. > > > > Mainframe to AIX rather then first trasnferring to omvs and then to aix. > > > -- > If you look around the poker table & don't see an obvious sucker, it's you. > > Maranatha! <>< > John McKown > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
