mode - Change or query transfer mode

The mode command defines the transfer mode or returns details on the currently set transfer mode. If no operand is specified, the current transfer mode is displayed on the screen. Details on the currently set transfer mode can also be obtained with the status command.

The FTP standard defines a number of optional transfer modes. In BS2000, only the stream and block transfer modes have been implemented.

mode

[stream | block]

stream

Sets the transfer mode to STREAM.

block

This operand enables files to be transferred without changing the existing record structure. In order to specify block, the following conditions must be satisfied:

• The transfer type must be EBCDIC or ASCII, and

• the file attribute FCBTYPE=SAM must be set.