John You can append ;rec=-236,1,f,ascii;disc=1000000 or to the HP3000 target filename at the end of your put statement on the UNIX box. put /etc/hosts HOSTS;rec=-82,1,f,ascii;disc=2400 MPE will build the file with the correct recsize etc. The defaults are held in a file called BLDPARMS.ARPA.SYS, but you can override these as above. Regards Neil Harvey > -----Original Message----- > From: John Archer [SMTP:[log in to unmask]] > Sent: Monday, September 14, 1998 6:38 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: FTP from Unix and MPE file structures. > > Hi All, > > I'm working on an application that is sending a file from a unix box > via FTP to > my 3k. > The file is 236 bytes all displayable characters. So far my results > seem to be: > > PUT (ascii) --->> 80 records > PUT (binary) -->> 256 bytes w/ successive records wrapping forward to > make up > the remaining bytes > to fill > the record. > GET(ascii from the 3k) -->> File ok. > > Does the BLDPARMS file used when FTP is initiated from another box or > not. I > would like to > put the burden of transmission on the other system where the data > originates. > > Any and all help is appreciated, > John > > John J. Archer ---- Opinions are my > own, not > my employer's. --- > ph: 330-798-2190 fx: 330-798-3912 > e-mail: [log in to unmask] > IBM Global Services @ Continental General Tire > One General St. > Akron, Oh. 44329