HP-UX TN3270 Users Guide, March 1998

Chapter 5 141
Transferring Files
Transferring Files Using the Menu Interface
The following list describes the fields in the Options for SESSnn dialog
box. To set host parameters, complete the fields that apply to your host
type and transfer type, as indicated in Table 5-1, “File Transfer
Parameters.”
Host
Specify your host type as TSO, VM/CMS, or CICS.
EBCDIC to ASCII conversion
Use this parameter only for text files. Mark the check
box to convert files between EBCDIC format at the host
and ASCII format at the HP-UX computer.
When you choose this parameter, default values appear
for the code pages used for the translation (“Host code
page” is the EBCDIC code page used by the host, and
“Local code page” is the ASCII code page used by your
HP-UX computer). The default values are the
appropriate host and local code pages for the host
language you are using (specified by the LANG
environment variable). If you need to use a different
host code page or local code page, specify the correct
ones here (for more information, see “Supported Code
Pages”).
Strip/Add LF from each line
Check this box to remove line-feed (LF) characters from
any HP-UX text file sent to the host, or to add them to
any HP-UX text file received from the host. Use this
option for standard text files.
Add to end of existing file
Check this box if the transferred data (using Send or
Receive) is to be added to the end of an existing target
file. For a CICS host, this parameter is valid only for
Receive, and is ignored for Send.
CAUTION If you do not select this parameter, the target file is overwritten.
Host record format
Choose Default, Fixed, Variable, or Undefined to
specify how individual records are structured. The
value Undefined is valid only for TSO.