>>> On 1/11/2010 at 07:56 AM, Samir Reddahi <[email protected]> wrote: > I have a strange problem when I FTP the parmfile and the sles11.exec from > the SLES11 installation DVD to a z/VM (5.4) user. These files have a > record size of 1 after the FTP. > I'm not really familiar with FTP in z/VM. Does anybody see what I'm doing > wrong? > > Command: > cd boot/s390x > >>>CWD boot/s390x > 250 Directory successfully changed. > Command: > ascii > >>>TYPE a > 200 Switching to ASCII mode. > Command: > locsite fix 80 > Command: > get parmfile SLES11.parmfile > >>>PORT 10,40,50,57,4,75 > 200 PORT command successful. Consider using PASV. > >>>RETR parmfile > 150 Opening BINARY mode data connection for parmfile (71 bytes).
Note that this is saying the transfer is going to be in binary mode, not ASCII. What FTP server are you using? (I'm guessing vsftp which IMO is braindead in this regard.) You might want to consider "pushing" the files from wherever you have them to CMS, instead of pulling them from CMS. Mark Post ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
