Use the ASATRANS statement to control the way ASA file transfers are managed. Choose either to have the control characters converted by the C runtime library during a file transfer or transferred without conversion.
The complete conversion process is described in the z/OS XL C/C++ Programming Guide.
- Server
- This setting applies when transferring files from the server's system (for example, with a GET subcommand).
- Client
- This setting applies when transferring files from the client's system (for example, with a PUT subcommand).
Syntax
.-ASATRANS FALSE------. >>-+---------------------+------------------------------------->< '-ASATRANS--+-TRUE--+-' '-FALSE-'
Parameters
- TRUE
- Characters in column 1 of the file being transferred are converted to C control character sequences.
- FALSE
- Characters in column 1 of the file being transferred are not converted. This is the default.
Examples
Convert characters in column 1
of the file being transferred:
ASATRANS TRUE