Specifying mapping tables

For File Transfer Protocol (FTP) client, the ASCII mapping tables are specified in the FTP command. For FTP server this is done in the Change FTP Attributes (CHGFTPA) command.

Figure 1. Specifying ASCII mapping tables with the *CCSID value

   
                                                                                      
                           Start TCP/IP File Transfer (FTP)                           
                                                                                      
    Type choices, press Enter.                                                        
                                                                                      
    Remote system  . . . . . . . . .                                                  
                                                                                      
                                                                                      
                                                                                      
    Internet address . . . . . . . .                                                  
    Coded character set identifier     *DFT          1-65533, *DFT                    
                                                                                      
                               Additional Parameters                                  
                                                                                      
    Outgoing EBCDIC/ASCII table  . .   *CCSID        Name, *CCSID,*DFT                
      Library  . . . . . . . . . . .                 Name, *LIBL,*CURLIB              
    Incoming ASCII/EBCDIC table  . .   *CCSID        Name, *CCSID,*DFT                
      Library  . . . . . . . . . . .                 Name, *LIBL,*CURLIB              
                                                                                      
                                                                                      
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     F3=Exit   F4=Prompt   F5=Refresh   F12=Cancel   F13=How touse this display       
     F24=More keys

Specify the CCSID (and hence the mapping tables) to be used for the FTP client. When the *DFT value is not changed, the CCSID value 00819 (ISO 8859-1 8 bit ASCII) is used. You might also specify a specific CCSID for both inbound and outbound transfers. The use of CCSIDs is discussed in National Language Support considerations for FTP.

Notes:

Double-byte character set (DBCS) CCSID values are not permitted for the CCSID parameter on the CHGFTPA command. The DBCS CCSID values can be specified using the TYPE (Specify File Transfer Type) subcommand.
IBM includes mapping support in FTP to ensure compatibility with releases before V3R1. Use of mapping tables for incoming TYPE A file transfers results in the loss of CCSID tagging if the target file must be created. IBM strongly recommends that you use CCSID support for normal operations.

Parent topic:

Coded character set identifier conversions