This has to do with the way Tandem stores files
our solution was: create files that are binary for
tandem (on tandem) and have a layout of ascii files
(i.e. cr/lf inserted as record separator) the transfer procedure do a binary
transfer, et voila the file
is a normal ascii file on a PC.

For the reverse path, the file should allready exist on
the tandem...

b.t.w. it's the tandem that is to blame because for ascii
files it keeps a special type of storage...
The file is blocked in XXX kb blocks.
Up front are all text lines
From the end of the block pointers to the start of the lines within the block
are kept. Until they meet in the middle, then a new block is broken out... (This
is
a tandem special way of file layout)

I hope it helps
Regards,
Nico Baggus

> -----Original Message-----
> From: curl_at_contactor.se
> Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2001 17:31
> To: "'curl_at_contactor.se'" <curl_at_contactor.se>
> Subject: curl uploading to tandem mainframe
>
>
> Hello mailinglist,
>
> I am trying to use curl for transferring files from my local pc to our
> Tandem mainframe server. The downloading seems to work just
> fine, but I am
> having some difficulties with the uploading part.
>
> I have tried two different ways:
>
> 1) curl --upload-file rck -u xxx:xxx ftp://nuser/PSSRCUXL.rck
> - which resultet in a binary mess on the mainframe server,
> though the file
> was uploaded in the right place.
>
> 2) curl --use-ascii --upload-file rck -u xxx:xxx
> ftp://nuser/PSSRCUXL.rck
> - which gives me the following error message "curl: (25)
> Failed FTP upload:
> Error: Improper filecode (0) for Ascii type"
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Mvh,
> Rasmus Christian Kaae
> TietoEnator A/S
>
>

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