550: command SIZE rejected - pathname contains CR characters

Explanation

The client sent a SIZE pathname command to the FTP server while the data transfer type setting was ASCII. The file pathname contains carriage return (CR) characters. The FTP server cannot complete the SIZE command for any file containing CR characters when the data transfer type is ASCII.

pathname is the name of a z/OS® UNIX file that is the target of the SIZE command.

System action

The FTP server stops processing the SIZE command and waits for another command from the client.

User response

If you are using the SIZE command to learn the byte transfer size for a certain file whenever the data transfer type is ASCII, no further action is possible. If you do not require the data transfer type to be ASCII, change the data transfer type from ASCII. See the documentation for your FTP client to learn how to change the data transfer type.

System programmer response

None.