I refrained from mentioning IND$FILE because that did not seem to be the question. But in fact I'm a fan of IND$FILE: it's built in to z/OS, i.e. free; it's simple to use; and it's reasonably efficient for small files. I would never attempt to use it for very large files, but for a moderate size file, I can have the file transferred using IND$FILE in less time than I would spend trying to correct the syntax and pass the typos with FTP.
Best of all, Tom Brennan's Vista3270 has a graphical interface to IND$FILE that makes up- or downloading a file pretty easy. I asked Tom why he didn't include a similar function for FTP. He said that he did not invent (or maintain) the IND$FILE graphical feature, which is a standard function that he simply hooks into. There are of course comparable products for FTP, but Tom doesn't have to make assumptions or requirements for IND$FILE. . . J.O.Skip Robinson Southern California Edison Company Electric Dragon Team Paddler SHARE MVS Program Co-Manager 323-715-0595 Mobile 626-543-6132 Office ⇐=== NEW robin...@sce.com -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On Behalf Of Bob Bridges Sent: Thursday, June 18, 2020 10:34 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: (External):Re: Good FTP client for MVS data set access CAUTION EXTERNAL EMAIL 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
