From: John Dawes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
I am a new member to your board and I have heard great things about it.
Can anybody please tell me if and how I can FTP a whole PDS/PDSE? I have
this pds with about 39 members. I would like to FTP them to my hard drive.
By far the easiest method I've found for transfering files to and from a
mainframe is using the ISPF Workstation Agent (or WSA for short). Installing
the WSA is a one-time process that involves going into ISPF option 3.7.1 and
downloading a mainframe file to your PC. After executing the downloaded
file, it creates a file on your PC called WSA.EXE. This one-time process
takes about 10 minutes to complete, and is well worth the effort.
Following the one-time set up, when you want to transfer files you need to
set up a workstation connection. This only needs to be completed once during
each ISPF session, and takes about 30 seconds to perform. The steps are as
follows:
1) Click the WSA.EXE file to launch it on your PC.
2) Enter WSCON (Workstation Connect) on any ISPF command line.
3) Enter the IP address of your PC in the TCP/IP field, and press ENTER. (If
you have a static IP address you only have to do this once as the address
remains on the WSCON panel forever).
4) The mainframe sends a connection request to your PC, and WSA.EXE responds
to it by opening a window on your desktop asking if you wish to accept the
incoming connection. Click 'Yes' to accept the connection.
Note: if you want to establish workstation connections frequently, you can
automate any or all of the steps indicated above. For example, whenever I
want to transfer files I simply select the file(s) I want to transfer, and
all of the steps listed above happen automatically.
Once a workstation connection is established, there are MANY things you can
do. For example, you can edit mainframe files on your PC, or edit PC files
on your mainframe. You can bring up a member list in ISPF option 3.7.2 and
select any members you want to transfer. You can even run ISPF in GUI mode
(but it's one of the few things I wouldn't recommend doing).
In short, the WSA is very powerful and I highly recommend it. If you have
any questions about it, just let me know. Hope that helps,
Dave Salt
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http://www.mackinney.com/products/SIM/simplist.htm
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