FTP ing Arabic data and PAGE CODE

[Kiran_27]

Hi All,

When I am transferring Arabic data from a machine to HP UX machines (B.11.11 U 9000/800 ) , certain fields are getting swapped. I am not sure why it is happening. On contacting the source ( from where the FTP started ) they told me it is the problem of HP PAGE CODE. Could any one tell me the following

1) What is HP PAGE CODE ?
2) What is the effect of PAGE CODE in FTP transfer?
3) Will there be any way that the fields get swapped because of PAGE CODE error ??


Regards
Kiran

[Michael Schulte zur Sur]

Hi,

are they using binary mode for transfer?

greetings,

Michael

[Mark Greene_1]

see the man page for "locale" and "lang":

man 1 local

man 5 lang

for all the details on language support as installed on your system.

mark

[Kiran_27]

I am transfering the data in Binary mode.
Certain Arabic fields are getting swapped during transfer. I just want to know what is this page code , what this has to do with FTP Transfer and what is the Page code for HP UX.
Regards
Kiran

[Steven E. Protter]

Perhaps you could be so kind as to provide an example.

Certain fields are being swapped?

The Arabic itself, I can't read, but ftp doesn't change data.

If the data is ascii and you are transferring it binary, or vice versa, characters can be added to the last line of data.

Since I can't read the Arabic, I'd recommend you try the transfer ascii and see if that helps.

SEP

[Kiran_27]

Here the fields are separted by pipes For example the data is like this
|1234 | test | شس٠ب | HP|
Here after transfering the fields are get exchanged...... like |1234 |test| HP | شس٠ب |

I am not sure what exactly is happening ....... The people how transferred the data told me that it is because of the PAGE CODE .....So I just want to know what is this Page code all about.

[Yogeeraj_1]

hi,

can you try compressing the file before FTPing and check what what happens?

regards
Yogeeraj

[Kiran_27]

Can any one tell me what is this PAGE CODE........ Is there anything like that ???

[Cheryl Griffin]

It is not clear what they are referring to. I've checked several resources and can't find anything. Have a look at google, google newsgroups, www.docs.hp.com, etc. and you'll find the same results.

Are you receiving an error during the ftp?
If not, can you ask the source to ellaborate on page code. It's likely to be called something else.

Possibly you don't have Arabic language support on the HP machine? See http://forums.itrc.hp.com/cm/QuestionAnswer/1,,0x4f075f938a10d6118ff40090279cd0f9,00.html

[Michael Schulte zur Sur]

Kiran,

how do you see that something is switched?

greetings,

Michael