Hi, 

Is there a way to get a pc file to a savf on the IBM i? I tried the ACS IFS drop then using the cpy command but that didn't work. I was also used to the straight FTP ->namefmt 1 ->  put /qsys.lib/mylib.lib/myfile.savf which was great but that doesn't seem to work on sftp. 

Assuming a savefile named mysavf.savf on your PC in the current directory:

Create the (empty) save file first on the host:

CRTSAVF MYLIBRARY/MYSAVF

Then sftp to that destination:

sftp mysavf.savf myprofile@mysystem.myorg.com:/QSYS.LIB/MYLIBRARY.LIB/MYSAVF.FILE

Hi, 

Is there a way to get a pc file to a savf on the IBM i? I tried the ACS IFS drop then using the cpy command but that didn't work. I was also used to the straight FTP ->namefmt 1 ->  put /qsys.lib/mylib.lib/myfile.savf which was great but that doesn't seem to work on sftp. 

Hi Jack, 

with what tool are you able to do that? 

Assuming a savefile named mysavf.savf on your PC in the current directory:

Create the (empty) save file first on the host:

CRTSAVF MYLIBRARY/MYSAVF

Then sftp to that destination:

sftp mysavf.savf myprofile@mysystem.myorg.com:/QSYS.LIB/MYLIBRARY.LIB/MYSAVF.FILE

Hi, 

Is there a way to get a pc file to a savf on the IBM i? I tried the ACS IFS drop then using the cpy command but that didn't work. I was also used to the straight FTP ->namefmt 1 ->  put /qsys.lib/mylib.lib/myfile.savf which was great but that doesn't seem to work on sftp. 

@Michael Cramer maybe I misunderstood your question.

I thought you were asking how to move a savefile you had downloaded to your PC up to an IBM i.

Now I see I may have misinterpreted your request.

Can you tell me what you are actually trying to do in more detail?

Hi Jack, 

with what tool are you able to do that? 

Assuming a savefile named mysavf.savf on your PC in the current directory:

Create the (empty) save file first on the host:

CRTSAVF MYLIBRARY/MYSAVF

Then sftp to that destination:

sftp mysavf.savf myprofile@mysystem.myorg.com:/QSYS.LIB/MYLIBRARY.LIB/MYSAVF.FILE

Hi, 

Is there a way to get a pc file to a savf on the IBM i? I tried the ACS IFS drop then using the cpy command but that didn't work. I was also used to the straight FTP ->namefmt 1 ->  put /qsys.lib/mylib.lib/myfile.savf which was great but that doesn't seem to work on sftp. 

The command you provided doesn't work so I was asking what sftp tool you are able to execute this command with successfully. 

I'm using the built-in Windows 11 sftp cmd. 

------------------------------
Michael Cramer

Original Message:
Sent: Thu November 20, 2025 04:41 PM
From: Jack Woehr
Subject: sftp from pc to savf

@Michael Cramer maybe I misunderstood your question.

I thought you were asking how to move a savefile you had downloaded to your PC up to an IBM i.

Now I see I may have misinterpreted your request.

Can you tell me what you are actually trying to do in more detail?

------------------------------
Jack Woehr
Senior Consultant
Seiden Group LLC
Beulah CO
3038478442

Original Message:
Sent: Thu November 20, 2025 04:36 PM
From: Michael Cramer
Subject: sftp from pc to savf

Hi Jack, 

with what tool are you able to do that? 

------------------------------
Michael Cramer

Original Message:
Sent: Thu November 20, 2025 03:48 PM
From: Jack Woehr
Subject: sftp from pc to savf

Assuming a savefile named mysavf.savf on your PC in the current directory:

Create the (empty) save file first on the host:

CRTSAVF MYLIBRARY/MYSAVF

Then sftp to that destination:

sftp mysavf.savf myprofile@mysystem.myorg.com:/QSYS.LIB/MYLIBRARY.LIB/MYSAVF.FILE

------------------------------
Jack Woehr
Senior Consultant
Seiden Group LLC
Beulah CO
3038478442

Original Message:
Sent: Thu November 20, 2025 03:35 PM
From: Michael Cramer
Subject: sftp from pc to savf

Hi, 

Is there a way to get a pc file to a savf on the IBM i? I tried the ACS IFS drop then using the cpy command but that didn't work. I was also used to the straight FTP ->namefmt 1 ->  put /qsys.lib/mylib.lib/myfile.savf which was great but that doesn't seem to work on sftp. 

------------------------------
Michael Cramer
------------------------------

You're right, that was off the top of my head.

Use SCP instead ... the sftp will work the other direction okay, but you can use scp either way.

scp mysavf.savf myprofile@mysystem.myorg.com:/QSYS.LIB/MYLIBRARY.LIB/MYSAVF.FILE

------------------------------
Jack Woehr
Senior Consultant
Seiden Group LLC
Beulah CO
3038478442

Original Message:
Sent: Thu November 20, 2025 05:21 PM
From: Michael Cramer
Subject: sftp from pc to savf

The command you provided doesn't work so I was asking what sftp tool you are able to execute this command with successfully. 

I'm using the built-in Windows 11 sftp cmd. 

------------------------------
Michael Cramer

Original Message:
Sent: Thu November 20, 2025 04:41 PM
From: Jack Woehr
Subject: sftp from pc to savf

@Michael Cramer maybe I misunderstood your question.

I thought you were asking how to move a savefile you had downloaded to your PC up to an IBM i.

Now I see I may have misinterpreted your request.

Can you tell me what you are actually trying to do in more detail?

------------------------------
Jack Woehr
Senior Consultant
Seiden Group LLC
Beulah CO
3038478442

Original Message:
Sent: Thu November 20, 2025 04:36 PM
From: Michael Cramer
Subject: sftp from pc to savf

Hi Jack, 

with what tool are you able to do that? 

------------------------------
Michael Cramer

Original Message:
Sent: Thu November 20, 2025 03:48 PM
From: Jack Woehr
Subject: sftp from pc to savf

Assuming a savefile named mysavf.savf on your PC in the current directory:

Create the (empty) save file first on the host:

CRTSAVF MYLIBRARY/MYSAVF

Then sftp to that destination:

sftp mysavf.savf myprofile@mysystem.myorg.com:/QSYS.LIB/MYLIBRARY.LIB/MYSAVF.FILE

------------------------------
Jack Woehr
Senior Consultant
Seiden Group LLC
Beulah CO
3038478442

Original Message:
Sent: Thu November 20, 2025 03:35 PM
From: Michael Cramer
Subject: sftp from pc to savf

Hi, 

Is there a way to get a pc file to a savf on the IBM i? I tried the ACS IFS drop then using the cpy command but that didn't work. I was also used to the straight FTP ->namefmt 1 ->  put /qsys.lib/mylib.lib/myfile.savf which was great but that doesn't seem to work on sftp. 

------------------------------
Michael Cramer
------------------------------

The command you provided doesn't work so I was asking what sftp tool you are able to execute this command with successfully. 

I'm using the built-in Windows 11 sftp cmd. 

@Michael Cramer maybe I misunderstood your question.

I thought you were asking how to move a savefile you had downloaded to your PC up to an IBM i.

Now I see I may have misinterpreted your request.

Can you tell me what you are actually trying to do in more detail?

Hi Jack, 

with what tool are you able to do that? 

Assuming a savefile named mysavf.savf on your PC in the current directory:

Create the (empty) save file first on the host:

CRTSAVF MYLIBRARY/MYSAVF

Then sftp to that destination:

sftp mysavf.savf myprofile@mysystem.myorg.com:/QSYS.LIB/MYLIBRARY.LIB/MYSAVF.FILE

Hi, 

Is there a way to get a pc file to a savf on the IBM i? I tried the ACS IFS drop then using the cpy command but that didn't work. I was also used to the straight FTP ->namefmt 1 ->  put /qsys.lib/mylib.lib/myfile.savf which was great but that doesn't seem to work on sftp. 

Assuming a savefile named mysavf.savf on your PC in the current directory:

Create the (empty) save file first on the host:

CRTSAVF MYLIBRARY/MYSAVF

Then sftp to that destination:

sftp mysavf.savf myprofile@mysystem.myorg.com:/QSYS.LIB/MYLIBRARY.LIB/MYSAVF.FILE

Hi, 

Is there a way to get a pc file to a savf on the IBM i? I tried the ACS IFS drop then using the cpy command but that didn't work. I was also used to the straight FTP ->namefmt 1 ->  put /qsys.lib/mylib.lib/myfile.savf which was great but that doesn't seem to work on sftp. 

Jack,

You haven't had to precreate the save file in, like, forever if you have an extension of .savf on the file on your PC.  Learn something new, boomer.  :-)

AFAIK that's the only time you can use an attribute instead of the object type.

Assuming a savefile named mysavf.savf on your PC in the current directory:

Create the (empty) save file first on the host:

CRTSAVF MYLIBRARY/MYSAVF

Then sftp to that destination:

sftp mysavf.savf myprofile@mysystem.myorg.com:/QSYS.LIB/MYLIBRARY.LIB/MYSAVF.FILE

Hi, 

Is there a way to get a pc file to a savf on the IBM i? I tried the ACS IFS drop then using the cpy command but that didn't work. I was also used to the straight FTP ->namefmt 1 ->  put /qsys.lib/mylib.lib/myfile.savf which was great but that doesn't seem to work on sftp. 

Hi, 

Is there a way to get a pc file to a savf on the IBM i? I tried the ACS IFS drop then using the cpy command but that didn't work. I was also used to the straight FTP ->namefmt 1 ->  put /qsys.lib/mylib.lib/myfile.savf which was great but that doesn't seem to work on sftp. 

Hello Michael
You write that it does not work with iACS, but did you try to upload your PC file directly to a library in place of an IFS directory?

For me, it works. You just have to display the content of your library with an IFS name format (i.e. /QSYS.LIB/YOURLIB.LIB), then upload (Actions/Upload) your file with a SAVF extension. It creates the save file and properly upload the content as a save file.

Hi, 

Is there a way to get a pc file to a savf on the IBM i? I tried the ACS IFS drop then using the cpy command but that didn't work. I was also used to the straight FTP ->namefmt 1 ->  put /qsys.lib/mylib.lib/myfile.savf which was great but that doesn't seem to work on sftp. 

Tried this but I get a format error. 

Hello Michael
You write that it does not work with iACS, but did you try to upload your PC file directly to a library in place of an IFS directory?

For me, it works. You just have to display the content of your library with an IFS name format (i.e. /QSYS.LIB/YOURLIB.LIB), then upload (Actions/Upload) your file with a SAVF extension. It creates the save file and properly upload the content as a save file.

Hi, 

Is there a way to get a pc file to a savf on the IBM i? I tried the ACS IFS drop then using the cpy command but that didn't work. I was also used to the straight FTP ->namefmt 1 ->  put /qsys.lib/mylib.lib/myfile.savf which was great but that doesn't seem to work on sftp. 

Tried this but I get a format error. 

Hello Michael
You write that it does not work with iACS, but did you try to upload your PC file directly to a library in place of an IFS directory?

For me, it works. You just have to display the content of your library with an IFS name format (i.e. /QSYS.LIB/YOURLIB.LIB), then upload (Actions/Upload) your file with a SAVF extension. It creates the save file and properly upload the content as a save file.

Hi, 

Is there a way to get a pc file to a savf on the IBM i? I tried the ACS IFS drop then using the cpy command but that didn't work. I was also used to the straight FTP ->namefmt 1 ->  put /qsys.lib/mylib.lib/myfile.savf which was great but that doesn't seem to work on sftp. 

Hi, 

Is there a way to get a pc file to a savf on the IBM i? I tried the ACS IFS drop then using the cpy command but that didn't work. I was also used to the straight FTP ->namefmt 1 ->  put /qsys.lib/mylib.lib/myfile.savf which was great but that doesn't seem to work on sftp.