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> -----Original Message-----
> From: HP-3000 Systems Discussion 
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Lars Appel
> Sent: Monday, June 20, 2011 5:09 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [HP3000-L] Transfer of Portable Subfiles from 
> Dos to HP3000
> 
> Dave Vogt wrote:
> > For the data I am doing a Binary Transfer with a record size of 434.
> > For the dictionary I am doing a ASCII with a record size of 80.
>   ...
> 
> > But if I use dos to FTP the file to the HP3000 using the 
> following ftp commands...
> >
> > put qbtohp.ps qbtohpq;rec=-434,,v,binary
> > put qbtohp.psd qbtohp;rec=-80,,f,ascii
> ...
> 
> > ftp>  put qbtohp.ps qbtohpq;rec=-434,,v,binary
> > 200 PORT command ok.
> > 150 File: qbtohpq;rec=-434,,v,binary opened; data 
> connection will be opened
> > 226 Transfer complete. Some records were truncated during transfer.
> 
> Dave,
> 
> seems to me that your ftp transfer specifies an MPE target 
> file of type binary, but
> does not use binary transfer mode (and thus there is some 
> inappropriate conversion
> resulting in the "truncated" warning).
> 
> Does it make a difference to use the following ftp sequence?
>   ftp> binary
>   ftp> put ...
>   ftp> ascii
>   ftp> put ...
> 
> Binary transfer mode is not the same as specifying a binary 
> MPE target file type.
> 
> Lars.
> 
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