Datastage 8.0 FTP Stage Utilization

[santanu84]

Hi

My requirement is to ftp a sequential file to mainframe from datastage. Where the file has been created in datastage and stored in unix folder location.
I tried with FTP stage. But not much aware about the properties and activities of this stage.
Can some body please help to under stand how does this FTP stage works?
Also, in my case of requirement do I need to use FTP Enterprise stage or FTP Plug In stage?
How shall I code in the ftp stage to fullfill the requirement?

Thanks in Advance.

[ray.wurlod]

FTP stages do not transfer files. They transfer bytestreams; your job reads from or writes to the bytestream directly. If you want to transfer files create a BAT file or shell script and invoke FTP from that.