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2. Issue a dir command and make a note of the record format (which should be VB), record
length, and block size. You need this information later if you want to return this data set
back to the z/OS FTP server.
3. Issue a quote stru r command. This command is not interpreted by the FTP client, but se
sent directly to the z/OS FTP server. The effect of this command is that the z/OS FTP
server sends data to the FTP client with imbedded end-of-record sequences.
4. Issue a get command to copy your variable record length file from z/OS to the client.
Because the structure command was sent in quotation marks, the client does not know
about it and will receive ...