Worst case, you can pass your linux file through unix2dos and ftp the result (in ascii).
-- Mike Harding z/VM System Support [email protected] [email protected] (925) 926-3179 (w) (925) 323-2070 (c) /sp Linux on 390 Port <[email protected]> wrote on 03/08/2013 11:10:19 AM: > From: Alan Altmark/Endicott/IBM@IBMUS > To: [email protected], > Date: 03/08/2013 11:13 AM > Subject: Re: FTP CR/LF issues > Sent by: Linux on 390 Port <[email protected]> > > On Friday, 03/08/2013 at 01:49 EST, "Davis, Larry (National VM > Capability)" <[email protected]> wrote: > > When pulling files using the GET command in FTP from LINUX to VM, the > CR/LF is > > lost and the files end up as one huge line in CMS. > > > > Is there a function on the Linux side I need to change to prevent this > or is it > > an entry in the FTP client on VM? > > The VM FTP client requires CRLF (0x0d0a) sequences on the wire for text > transfers. This is not configurable, as it is a required element of the > FTP protocol. > > Unix-based ftp servers and clients that transmit just LF instead of CRLF > are effectively sending the file in binary rather than in the ftp > canonical text format. If the Linux ftp daemon is not configurable to > operate per the standard, I'd open up a ticket with my service provider. > > Alan Altmark > > Senior Managing z/VM and Linux Consultant > IBM System Lab Services and Training > ibm.com/systems/services/labservices > office: 607.429.3323 > mobile; 607.321.7556 > [email protected] > IBM Endicott > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For more information on Linux on System z, visit > http://wiki.linuxvm.org/ > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For more information on Linux on System z, visit http://wiki.linuxvm.org/
