Paul Gilmartin wrote:
In a recent note, R.S. said:
Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2006 08:36:06 +0200
Maybe it's not fast, but it ...need not. Using ftp you have to
download
whole file before use it. When you have a file on network drive, you
can
browse it without transmitting. Depending on the usage it can be
faster.
The same apply for NFS.
... Assuming always that one has a browser that can view a
portion of a file without loading the whole thing into local
storage. Such browsers are a vanishing species. More practical
to run the browser on the file server and set DISPLAY to the
desktop display server.
I have no details what type of data need to be shared, what application
will be used to process the data. However *there are* such browsers,
like "Norton Commander F3" or ISPF Browse to name a few. In fact it's
also possible (we don't know it), that there are "reports". In my
experience reports are special kind of files: WRITE ONCE, READ NEVER.
<g>
BTW: I missed the direction - to map PC drive on host. However the
direction can be easily reversed without changing functionality - it is
enough for PC to put data on mapped network (mainframe) drive.
--
Radoslaw Skorupka
Lodz, Poland
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