I always use FileZilla which I'm not the fondest of.  But it works!

To browse HFS, just put '/' where the 'DATASET' path is.  You may need to
put single quotes around it if you're stuck in it's MVS-mode.

Scott

On Thu, Dec 3, 2009 at 8:31 AM, Charles Mills <charl...@mcn.org> wrote:

> There are at least two PDS member cases: with ISPF statistics and without.
> Is there any product that routinely gives sizes for "pure" (non-ISPF-saved)
> PDS members?
>
> So I assume you're talking about ISPF-saved member statistics. Correct me
> if
> I am wrong.
>
> WS_FTP Pro 12 displays PDS members two ways. (I'm working from memory
> because I don't have FTP up at the moment and my DFW z/OS is "asleep" so
> it's not a 5-second job to get on-line.) In its basic 2-panel "Windows
> explorer" screen it shows name, size, modified, etc. for each member (as I
> recall). Unfortunately the text is not cut-and-paste so that is not what I
> sent below. As I recall it has the information for ISPF-saved members but
> not for non-ISPF-saved members. Write me off-line if you want a screen shot
> showing long and short member names with and without ISPF stats.
>
> There's also a button called "Directory Info." Clicking that brings up a
> notepad session with directory information in it, kind of like what you
> might get if you opened LISTDS output in an editor. That's what I
> cut-and-pasted from below.
>
> The "8" below is presumably an ISPF line count. I think that 8 is a
> plausible line count for that member. It's a small job that just runs one
> proc. It's certainly not 8 bytes (tough for an LRECL=80 file) and it's
> certainly not 8K.
>
> Charles
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On
> Behalf
> Of Mark Zelden
> Sent: Thursday, December 03, 2009 7:13 AM
> To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu
> Subject: Re: Ipswitch WS_FTP Pro 12 not displaying OMVS directories
> correctly
>
> On Thu, 3 Dec 2009 06:48:17 -0800, Charles Mills <charl...@mcn.org> wrote:
>
> >> have they fixed the problem for PDS stats when the member
> >> name is less than 6 characters?
> >
> >What was the specific problem? I see, for example,
> >
> > Name     VV.MM   Created       Changed      Size  Init   Mod   Id
> >CC        01.00 2009/12/02 2009/12/02 15:00     8     8     0  XXXXXX
> >
> >I can't swear that data is perfect but it looks plausible to me.
> >
>
> That looks like an ISPF display (is that what WSFTP PRO shows in
> later releases?).  In the version I have, for PDS member name
> less than 6 characters, the size shows 0K and the modified
> information is blank.
>
> Mark
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