Transferring text files between Connect:Direct and IBM MQ Managed File Transfer
Text transfer involves converting the code page of a file from one code page to another. Text file transfer also involves converting CRLF (carriage return line feed) characters between systems. This topic summarizes text file transfer behavior in transfers between an MQMFT agent and a Connect:Direct® node.
For information about the behavior of text transfers in IBM® MQ Managed File Transfer, see Transferring text files.
- Ensure that the network map of the Connect:Direct bridge node and
any Connect:Direct nodes
that are used as a transfer destination include the correct platform
description.
- If your Connect:Direct bridge
node is on a Windows system,
ensure that for each remote node in your network map you select the
correct value from the Operating System list.
- If the remote node is on a Windows system, select Windows.
- If the remote node is on a UNIX or Linux® system, select UNIX.
- If the remote node is on a z/OS® system, select OS/390.
- Ensure that for each remote node you transfer a file to or from, you specify the operating system type of the remote Connect:Direct node in the ConnectDirectNodeProperties.xml file in the Connect:Direct bridge agent configuration directory. For more information, see Configure the ConnectDirectNodeProperties.xml file to include information about the remote Connect:Direct nodes and Connect:Direct node properties file format.
- If your Connect:Direct bridge
node is on a Windows system,
ensure that for each remote node in your network map you select the
correct value from the Operating System list.
- If the destination of a transfer is an MQMFT agent, this MQMFT agent performs the line ending conversion.
- If the destination of a transfer is a Connect:Direct node, the Connect:Direct bridge agent performs the line ending conversion.