Transferring output XML by FTP

The output XML file that is generated when you run the XML Export utility must be transferred by FTP to a distributed environment before you can load it into IBM Control Desk (ICD).

Procedure

To connect to the host system, in a command line, enter the following command:
```
C:\temp ftp host name
```
When prompted, enter your user name and password.
To set the input to ASCII format, enter the following command:
```
ftp > quote type a
```
To transfer non-ASCII characters, enter an ENCODING command before you enter the GET command:
```
quote site ENCODING=MBCS MBDATACONN=(IBM-939,UTF-8)
```
This example specifies encoding for a Japanese code page.
To specify the location of the file to transfer, enter the following command:
```
ftp > get 'hsiinst.SWKBT.XML' C:\XML.FILE
```
To complete the FTP transfer, enter the following command:
```
ftp > exit
```