DATA_TYPE - UFTP configuration option
Description
The DATA_TYPE option modifies the behavior of the GET, MGET, PUT, and MPUT commands by explicitly setting the data representation type used for data transfer.
Example:
$ uftp -host ftp://sb-l23-x64 -user test -pwd test -cmd MGET -src [r-t]mit.(script|transaction) -regex -move -data_type TEXT
Usage
Specification Method | Parameter / Value | IBM i | HP NonStop | UNIX | Windows | z/OS |
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Command Line, Short Form | n/a | |||||
Command Line, Long Form | -data_type type |
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Environment Variable | UFTPDATATYPE=type |
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Configuration File Keyword | n/a |
Value
type is the data representation type used for a transfer.
Valid values:
- TEXT (for ASCII text files)
- BINARY (binary files)
Default is BINARY for FTP(S).
(For SFTP, DATA_TYPE is irrelevant.)