I highly recommend using the ISPF Workstation Agent (WSA.EXE). It makes file transfers really easy and doesn't require you to enter a userid and password. Check here for instructions:
http://www.tsotimes.com/articles/archive/spring04/wsafiletransfer.html Hope that helps, Dave Salt SimpList(tm) - try it; you'll get it! http://www.mackinney.com/products/program-development/simplist.html > Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2011 10:38:19 -0800 > From: williebun...@yahoo.com > Subject: DOWNLOADING PDS FROM MAINFRAME TO PC > To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu > > Hallo All, > > It has been a long while since I downloaded a PDS from the MAINFRAME to my PC. > I am having a bit of difficulty having them downloaded with a .txt > extension. I did the following : > ftp-1 > open (ip address) > supplied userid and password > LCD U:\FTP > CD 'NGL02D.UTIL.JCL' > mget * *.txt > > However all the files that were downloaded were not in .txt extension. Is > there somethingelse I need to do. I found an old post and I followed it > however it doesn't seem to work. > I would appreciate any of your suggestions. > > > --- On Tue, 10/18/05, Farley, Peter x23353 <peter_far...@adp.com> wrote: > > > From: Farley, Peter x23353 <peter_far...@adp.com> > Subject: Re: FTP members from PC to Mainframe PDS > To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU > Received: Tuesday, October 18, 2005, 2:56 PM > > > When you used "mget *" to retrieve the members, what extension were they > saved as on the PC? *.txt? *.mac? IOW, did you do "mget * *.txt"? If not, > did you rename them all to *.txt after they were downloaded so you could > edit them easily? > > If they were saved with any extension at all, you probably cannot use "mput > *" to put them back. If (for example) they were saved as *.txt, do the > following before starting ftp on the PC: > > C:\TEMP>ren *.txt *. > > Then you may be able to use "mput *" as you want. I just tested this with a > small PDS, and had no problem using "mget *" followed by "mput *". z/OS > 1.6, in case it matters. You do, however, lose all ISPF statistics in the > directory entries when you do the mput back to the PDS. > > HTH > > Peter > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:wgeo...@dhs.ca.gov] > Sent: Tuesday, October 18, 2005 5:29 PM > To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU > Subject: FTP members from PC to Mainframe PDS > > I'm drawing a blank here and checking archives I've hit a wall. > > I downloaded a PDS to my PC awhile back using the MGET command from my PC > while connected to the mainframe remote host. > I now want to upload them back to the mainframe from the PC, use the PC's > FTP command, into a mainframe PDS. > I tried > > open (host address) > <userid> > <password> > lcd temp (individual members saved here) prompt > cd ispf.test.rexx (mainframe PDS name) > mput * > > Howerver, this creates a separate file for each member on the mainframe. > I'd like them all IN ISPF.TEST.REXX. > > Thanks > Bill > > _ > This message and any attachments are intended only for the use of the > addressee and > may contain information that is privileged and confidential. If the reader of > the > message is not the intended recipient or an authorized representative of the > intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination of this > communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication > in > error, please notify us immediately by e-mail and delete the message and any > attachments from your system. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO > Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO > Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
