Java jar command can also handle .zip files Jerry Whitteridge Delivery Manager / Mainframe Architect GTS - Safeway Account 602 527 4871 Mobile jerry.whitteri...@ibm.com
IBM Services IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> wrote on 06/18/2020 10:45:22 AM: > From: "Jackson, Rob" <rwjack...@firsthorizon.com> > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Date: 06/18/2020 10:45 AM > Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: Good FTP client for MVS data set access > Sent by: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> > > PKWare for not-free. Unzip from rocket for free. Probably others. > > First Horizon Bank > Mainframe Technical Support > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On > Behalf Of Bob Bridges > Sent: Thursday, June 18, 2020 1:34 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.] > > Wha...? I might have misunderstood you, but it sounds like you're > saying I can 1) collect all the REXX execs I want to transfer to the > mainframe, 2) ZIP them up (using PKZIP or WinZIP or 7-ZIP or > whatever), 3) IND$FILE the .zip file to the mainframe, and then 4) > ...here's where I bog down. Is there a mainframe utility that can > read .zip files? > > And if there is (I never dreamt that), maybe I actually bog down at step 3: > Do I do the transfer in text or binary? > > Are you sure you're not just having me on? > > Even if you are, it suddenly occurs to me that there's a PC-based > utility that handles XMIT files, and I think I have a copy left over > from an old project. I can bundle them all up in a XMIT file, copy > that to the host, then RECEIVE it there. > > --- > Bob Bridges, robhbrid...@gmail.com, cell 336 382-7313 > > /* Every contrition for sin is apt to encourage a not-quite- > charitable wish that other people should exhibit a similar > contrition. -Charles Williams > (1886-1945) */ > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > ] On Behalf Of Seymour J Metz > Sent: Thursday, June 18, 2020 11:34 > > Why not zip them and do a single transfer of the zip file, then unzip them? > > ________________________________________ > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] on > behalf of Bob Bridges [robhbrid...@gmail.com] > Sent: Thursday, June 18, 2020 1:20 AM > > Sometimes all that's allowed, though. Some of my clients lock up > FTP, and make me use IND$FILE via whatever local 3270 emulation they use. > > This can be a major pain. Whenever I start at a new installation, > one of my first jobs is to load up a bunch of REXX tools I've > written over the years. > If I have to do them one at a time, it's a big bottleneck. Most > apps of that sort allow you to set up a list of files - but you have > to enter the list manually, one by one, providing the filename on > your PC and the target DSN on the mainframe, so it's not saving > anything (and is a one-time job, after all). Last time I had to > deal with it I reverse-engineered the format used for multi-file > transfers and had VBA create a longer list for me. I felt a fine, > self-congratulatory glow at having hacked the system, but really, it > shouldn't have been necessary. > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > ] On Behalf Of Charles Mills > Sent: Wednesday, June 17, 2020 23:39 > > Also slower than a dog, and if you are working for the security > folks, basically unaudited. > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > ] On Behalf Of David Spiegel > Sent: Wednesday, June 17, 2020 7:05 PM > > I have painfully experienced instances where IND$FILE (on z/VM) > mangled a Binary Upload from my MS-Windows 10 Pro workstation. > It works every time I use FTP, though (via CLI or WinSCP). > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send > email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > Confidentiality notice: > This e-mail message, including any attachments, may contain legally > privileged and/or confidential information. If you are not the > intended recipient(s), or the employee or agent responsible for > delivery of this message to the intended recipient(s), you are > hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, or copying of > this e-mail message is strictly prohibited. If you have received > this message in error, please immediately notify the sender and > delete this e-mail message from your computer. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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
