Mainframe, MVS and zOS Discussion

Hi,

I have a file of length 200 and having last 50 bytes filled with space and I wanted to retain the space when I FTP it.

Is there a command to achieve this?

I tried TRAIL in LOCSITE and it did not yield me the expected result as the file was truncated.

How to resolve this, any suggestion will help

I might be mistaken in the reply as I am replying from memory and readings:

If you are talking about IBM zSeries mainframe - check for TRAILINGBLANKS option of FTP from your support. It can be tuned to keep or discard the trailing blanks from records.

If you are talking about iSeries the System i® system trims trailing blanks by default. To turn this off when the iSeries® is the client, issue the LOCSITE TRIM 0 command. It should return a "LOCSITE TRIM option set to 0".

Anuj If I remember correctly TRAIL is shortform for TRAILINGBLANKS in Mainframe and TS had done that I guess

TRAILingblanks Specifies that the FTP server preserves the trailing blanks in a fixed format data set when the data is sent to a foreign host.

Hi Pandora-Box,

Description about "TRAILINGBLANKS (FTP client and server) statement" does not say so:

TRAILINGBLANKS (FTP client and server) statement
Use the TRAILINGBLANKS statement to specify whether trailing blanks in a fixed format data set are transferred when the data set is transferred.

Server
This setting applies when the server is the sending site.
Client
This setting applies when the client is the sending site.
Syntax
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.-TRAILINGBLANKS FALSE------.
>>-+---------------------------+-------------------------------><
'-TRAILINGBLANKS--+-TRUE--+-'
'-FALSE-'

Parameters
TRUE
Specifies that the trailing blanks in a fixed format data set are included when the data set is sent.
FALSE
Specifies that the trailing blanks in a fixed format data set are not sent. This is the default.
Examples
Send the fixed format data set and include trailing blanks:
TRAILINGBLANKS TRUE

OP can also try this: