In a recent note, Alan Brown said:
> Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2007 11:39:53 -0500
>
> I searched through the archives and could not find a good answer to this
> question.
>
MVS-OE might be a better list.
> We have a need for z/OS programs (batch jobs) to access flat files that are
> on some distributed Unix boxes.
>
> 1. Can we use NFS for this (i.e., setup the files on Unix as NFS mount
> points)?
>
Yes. And the mount map can be configured for ASCII <--> EBCDIC
And the files can be allocated with DD statements and processed
by Classic programs.
> 2. If yes, can someone point me to some documentation examples for using
> z/OS as an NFS client (all of the IBM examples I found are for accessing NFS
> mounts on the mainframe, not the other way around)?
>
Linkname: 3.2 "z/OS V1R7.0 Network File System Guide and Reference"
URL:
http://publibz.boulder.ibm.com/cgi-bin/bookmgr_OS390/BOOKS/CPN1CO31/3.2
Linkname: 3.2.1 Starting the z/OS NFS client
URL:
http://publibz.boulder.ibm.com/cgi-bin/bookmgr_OS390/BOOKS/CPN1CO31/3.2.1
Linkname: SHCMDDES.AUTOMOUNT.5 "z/OS V1R7.0 UNIX System Services
Command Reference"
URL:
http://publibz.boulder.ibm.com/cgi-bin/bookmgr_OS390/BOOKS/BPXZA560/SHCMDDES.AUTOMOUNT.5
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