This was an end user issue. They were using applications to open the file that were misinterpreting the content. Transferring the files via ASCII stream was successful.
Original Message:
Sent: Feb 07, 2025 05:21 PM
From: timjcw32767
Subject: file transfer and conversion from mainframe
Has anyone found a way to create a file transfer job from an external vendor mainframe to a Windows server and also converting it? I am to pick up a file from a state mainframe and convert it to ASCII. I believe the original format is EBCDIC. Our original process was a unix command line that included "-a" to convert the file. The ftp job will transfer successfully. A freeform ftp command does not seem to make a successful connection. Here is an example: GET 'SAMPLEFILE' C:\temp\test