I use XMIT and download/upload using binary transfer. IND$FILE supports binary. Then a TSO RECEIVE.
On Mon, Feb 15, 2021 at 9:16 AM Paul Gilmartin < [email protected]> wrote: > On Sun, 14 Feb 2021 16:26:28 -0500, Bob Bridges wrote: > > >As a contractor I have to upload my REXX tools to a new client's mainframe > >every so often, and I find FTP is unavailable for the purpose maybe half > the > >time. They all use different 3270 emulators, but of course the emulators > >all use IND$FILE, and they all allow you to upload one file at a time or > to > >create a multi-file set. I've found that it's not impossible to use their > >emulator to create a test upload of multiple files (just two or three), > and > >inspect the result to see how the syntax works in that particular product. > >Then I write a VBS or VBA program to create such a file naming not one or > >two REXX modules but 50. > > > How do you get your 50 files to the desktop side? > > How many such sites lack a zip archiver on the desktop side? > > How many such sites lack jar on the z side? > > How many such sites have a version of Rexx on the desktop side? > > How do you deal with ASCII<->EBCDIC? > > How do you deal with <CR><LF>? > > Does IBM consider IND$FILE supported? > > -- gil > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > -- Wayne V. Bickerdike ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
