Transferring files using Kermit Transferring files between an IBM PC and the IBM mainframe using Kermit Topics Introduction Uploading files to the mainframe Downloading files to a microcomputer Full Document Introduction You can create a file on a microcomputer and upload it to the IBM mainframe using Kermit. Before you begin uploading or downloading, you must know if you will be transferring a binary or text file. Binary files such as a graphic, a compiled program, or a file created in a word processing program contain program codes. A WordPerfect file, for example, contains codes for margin settings, bold, and underline.
Text files contain only characters.
They do not contain program codes. Most word processing programs have a feature that allows you to take out the formatting codes and save the characters only. If you have written a program using WordPerfect, or want to use a Lotus spreadsheet file as an input file for SAS, you must first save the file as text to use it on the mainframe. Uploading files to the mainframe Make note of the text or binary filename you will be uploading. If you wish to transfer only the text from a file, you must first save the file as a text file.