FWIW, I think there are NO command-line FTP clients that run in Windows*, use passive mode, and can work with MVS.
The ones that meet the first two requirements fail on the 3rd, because they try to be too smart. They try to track and cache the directory structure instead of passing the commands straight through to the server, and thus get confused by the MVS data set syntax. * without running in a Linux subsystem -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Mark Zelden Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2022 5:25 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: FileZilla for "ftp" from W11 to z/OS On Thu, 10 Nov 2022 17:09:43 -0600, Paul Gilmartin <[email protected]> wrote: >On Thu, 10 Nov 2022 15:52:01 -0500, Steve Smith wrote: > >>I set up Filezilla with two "hosts": one as MVS, one as Unix. Both work >>great in/out of the respective domains. Also, set the home directory >>appropriately for each. >> >Was the "Unix" host actually z/OS UNIX System Services? Yes (I do the same "2 host definitions" with multiple FTP clients) > >Why should two (virtual) hosts be necessary? Doesn't the z/OS FTP >server recognize from the argument of the CWD command whether >you are accessing a UNIX or DSN filesystem? The problem is the client, not the server. If using a DOS prompt you can switch back and forth all you want between "classic" MVS and z/OS Unix. None of clients I've worked with allow it from the GUI. If you FTP into classic z/OS and then type "/" for the file name in the site directory / search bar (whatever you want to call it) you will get a syntax error. If you start the FTP in unix mode it will think you are looking for a unix directory of whatever name you use (enclosing in quotes ends up generating cwd /'whatever'). > >But are there possibly ambiguous directory names? No since you are in either "z/OS" or "unix" mode in the GUI. > >Does either the Filezilla client or the z/OS server respect the "//" prefix >as indicating a DSN? No. But why would you need or use that syntax since you are either FTPing into z/OS or Unix in any given connection. BTW, FileZilla does allow multiple active FTPs so you could FTP into both at the same time and it will be in two tabs. Best Regards, Mark -- Mark Zelden - Zelden Consulting Services - z/OS, OS/390 and MVS ITIL v3 Foundation Certified mailto:[email protected] Mark's MVS Utilities: https://clicktime.symantec.com/15uBY2WH2agpoL1AdmjX3?h=j5dmpvcX2vdGcFvBuLFpq2Lk2jdH6soYIAQ96stoae0=&u=http://www.mzelden.com/mvsutil.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
