> -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paul Gilmartin > Sent: Friday, March 03, 2006 9:17 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Unusual FTP request. > > > In a recent note, McKown, John said:
<snip> > > > Can the last step of the job that creates the data set simply > submit via an internal reader a single-step job which performs > the FTP, with its SYSOUT directed to the "ftp team"? They don't want to do this. They want the act of creating to automagically do the ftp for them with no other work on their part. > > Perhaps an additional step which conditionally SMTPs or TRANSMITs > a failure notice to the "ftp team". > > Or, use MGCR to start the transfer task. Nope. I ain't gonna let no programmer nowhere near MGCR[E]. And we in Tech Services ain't gonna do it neither, 'cause we ain't got the time. <snip> > > > How much latency can you tolerate? What about a crontab job that > runs every few minutes and scans for files to transmit? Some latency is OK. I suggested a CA7 job to run hourly, but they didn't really like that. Please, no UNIX solutions. Everybody here, other than myself, thinks UNIX is one step lower than Windows. > > Are you running one of the HTTPD family? The transfer could be > performed by a cgi-bin application launched by an HTTP connection > passing the data set name as query data. And interesting idea, but still it lacks the automagic portion desired by the programming staff of "no involvement on our part beyond the creation of the dataset." Nobody want to write any code or JCL or anything to accomplish this. Makes it difficult, don't it? > > -- gil > -- > StorageTek > INFORMATION made POWERFUL We are running the "free" HTTPD server. That CGI thing sounds interesting. However, the people making the request want to only create an appropriately named dataset. They want to do absolutely NOTHING else, just create the dataset. They don't want a subsequent job to do the ftp (either submitted by the creating job or triggered via CA-7). They want "magic". And they want it supported by "anybody else, not us". I.e. they are sick of ftp and just don't want to be bothered with it any more, due to problems which are mostly on the Windows/server side. -- John McKown Senior Systems Programmer UICI Insurance Center Information Technology This message (including any attachments) contains confidential information intended for a specific individual and purpose, and its content is protected by law. If you are not the intended recipient, you should delete this message and are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, or distribution of this transmission, or taking any action based on it, is strictly prohibited. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
