> pax -w that UNIX directory with option to convert to ASCII Thats likely to break his file, depending on what characters he uses. The safes thing is to translate to UTF-8.
I hate 8-bit code pages! -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 ________________________________________ From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] on behalf of Paul Gilmartin [0000000433f07816-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu] Sent: Thursday, June 18, 2020 2:30 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Good FTP client for MVS data set access On Thu, 18 Jun 2020 13:34:28 -0400, Bob Bridges wrote: >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? > jar. Do you need them extracted on the desktop? o No: Collect them in a PDS TSO TRANSMIT OUTFILE(...) transfer *binary* directly or with desktop waystation to target z/OS Extract with TSO RECEIVE INFILE(...) o Yes: - collect them in a PDS - OPUTX or CP to a UNIX directory Or: - collect them in a UNIX directory pax -w that UNIX directory with option to convert to ASCII transfer *binary* to desktop Extract pax with WinZip or such transfer pax archive *binary* to zOS target pax -r that archive with option to convert to EBCDIC (I hate EBCDIC!) >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. > More likely extract than pack. try CBTTAPE. Might be useful (I'm not afflicted with Windows; this is mere hearsay): http://secure-web.cisco.com/1zrulqhYyXaVJGDe61TQjfw7zrq6E4Q4tzIo9qVxUxYacm_oGqlQzwGLtz86NZrh0a4oPiP6PpYqDSxtMo1FKxItk5V5Yzqt14l3fjq4IHCX5qXXdCwPHT8z6zhiAW-QLWvHiH2dqWfR5VKi2B_o_3V6ABPY1bBwU3Fsoe8Gidyx0vvzVr93pfwApYWgjbzsl7SACKIsfz1l-SCOTVNSgHiZVpGSbWPfSyNwOReiU4pKqTTVOaX8UTmLntlrW3IMp56dnd9sA_XrihRMiETVIRwSoOb3nZN_mMPEKT8M2ZH5W0neI4yY_CEew0KAmijdaycjit-RNYY4l-87UcdgNmAfOx0tvndsJ3qNCX3-w3vuLEQeo1rbD-KVVvhKdPxUbimXFrUroOuV8uNaQ_OLuCTEICV7HmTQyxsmbox6EDlxlGYVtvT2-eNGlOBvedTXF/http%3A%2F%2Fplanetmvs.com%2Funxmit%2F >-----Original Message----- >From: 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? -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
