Our whitelisting software blocks every execution of a BAT or CMD file as being possibly dangerous. Yikes! At least they allow us to use manual command line commands.
________________________________ From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> on behalf of Farley, Peter x23353 <peter.far...@broadridge.com> Sent: Wednesday, June 17, 2020 3:43 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> Subject: Re: Good FTP client for MVS data set access +1 for CLI! -1 for corporate nannies who want to log every time you use a command prompt window because that is so dangerous for the masses . . . or maybe especially for programmers who *think* they know what they are doing . . . I use FileZilla, it has a few quirks but mostly it works for my limited and occasional needs. I fall back to the CLI version when all else fails. Peter -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On Behalf Of Jackson, Rob Sent: Wednesday, June 17, 2020 2:49 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Good FTP client for MVS data set access My opinion, which is absolutely worthless: FileZilla sucks as a mainframe FTP client. BZ is far superior. If you don't need SSL/TLS (which, of course, you do), the "DOS" client is better than both. Who doesn't love a good ol' CLI? First Horizon Bank Mainframe Technical Support -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On Behalf Of Gibney, Dave Sent: Wednesday, June 17, 2020 2:23 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Good FTP client for MVS data set access [External Email. Exercise caution when clicking links or opening attachments.] I use Filezilla (Open Source) and Bluezone (now from Rocket) Both have their pluses and minuses. > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On > Behalf Of Frank Swarbrick > Sent: Wednesday, June 17, 2020 11:10 AM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: Good FTP client for MVS data set access > > What FTP client do you use to access MVS data sets? Do you like it? > > I personally use the FTP Client that is part of Micro Focus (formerly > Attachmate) Reflection Desktop for IBM (Reflection Workspace). Being > an application suite dedicated to mainframe access (the application is > primarily a > TN3270 client), the FTP Client that goes along with it seems to truly > understand the idiosyncrasies of MVS and works quite well with it. > > On the other hand, only a limited number of users in our shop are > "authorized" to use Reflection, so they cannot use its FTP client. > They are stuck (currently) with an MVS hostile (IMO) application called > CuteFTP. > > Are there any good "freestanding" FTP GUI applications that are "MVS > friendly"? -- This message and any attachments are intended only for the use of the addressee and may contain information that is privileged and confidential. If the reader of the message is not the intended recipient or an authorized representative of the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by e-mail and delete the message and any attachments from your system. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
