How did you create the file on the PC? It needs to be a standard text file. Can you read it correctly using NOTEPAD on Windows or less on Linux/UNIX? It definitely CANNOT be a MS Word file, unless you did a "save as" in text format.
John McKown Systems Engineer IV IT Administrative Services Group HealthMarkets® 9151 Boulevard 26 . N. Richland Hills . TX 76010 (817) 255-3225 phone . [email protected] . www.HealthMarkets.com Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message may contain confidential or proprietary information. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. HealthMarkets® is the brand name for products underwritten and issued by the insurance subsidiaries of HealthMarkets, Inc. -The Chesapeake Life Insurance Company®, Mid-West National Life Insurance Company of TennesseeSM and The MEGA Life and Health Insurance Company.SM > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of John Dawes > Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2012 7:42 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: FTP QUESTION > > G'day, > > I am trying to FTP a txt file - jcl of 850 lines long - from > my PC to the MAINFRAME. The PDS has been preallocated. The > FTP function works however when I check the PDS member the it > has all garbled characters. I tried the FTP with the BIN > command and without. Is there something else I can try? > > Thanks in advance. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
