On 28 Sep 2006 02:54:27 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Andy Robertson) wrote: >I get this request from a user > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> > I'm looking into ways of pushing out files written from Datastage on USS >to Windows servers. FTP functionality is not available from within the >product, so we'd have to write a FTP script to push the files onto a FTP >server. On Linux I've successfully used Samba to increase the flexibility >of this approach by allowing us to push files onto Windows shares >regardless of whether they're also running an FTP server. I've done a bit >of reading on the internet and it sounds like Samba is an implementation >of a common protocol SMB which appears to be supported on z/os USS - do >you know if this would work on our environment? ><<<<<<<<<<<<<<
You might want to consider installing Cygwin[1] or Microsoft's "Services For Unix"[2] on the Windows server. Both packages are free, and both contain an NFS _server_ which would allow your mainframe to access the Windows box (using the mainframe's NFS client). Eric [1]: http://www.cygwin.com/ [2]: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/sfu/default.asp -- Eric Chevalier E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web: www.tulsagrammer.com Is that call really worth your child's life? HANG UP AND DRIVE! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
