> >BTW, do local politics allow going directly to z/OS instead of >therough the W2008 box? >
As for politics. It must be done this way, Unix, to Win2008, to Mainframe. No options here. I have tried several tests. Either I only get one record up on the mainframe or the data is definately in bin format when it arrives. I have tried BIN FB, BIN VB, ASCII FB and ASCII VB. So far the 44 records I have to test with are just not behavingin. The odd thing is that NOTEPAD cannot read this file well. It wraps it (yes tried the WRAP FORMAT in Notepad no luck). So I can see the records circle around in the notepad window. However, Notepad++ sees it as individual records. Still plugging along. I am trying the cmd prompt from my desktop to the mainframe. However, it is possible that this file will be brought up via a batch job on the mainframe. I am trying that now. Lizette ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html

