From: Paul Gilmartin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To manipulate z/OS files on my workstation, I use NFS client on the
workstation and NFS server on z/OS. So, what are the respective merits of:
WSA?
NFS?
Samba?
I'm not exactly sure what you mean by 'manipulate'. My earlier comment was
that I prefer WSA over FTP and IND$FILE to perform file transfers, and I
haven't used NFS or Samba so I can't comment on them. But here's what I like
about using the WSA to perform file transfers:
1) Convenience. I can initiate file transfers from any object list I happen
to be in; e.g. a DSLIST, a member list, a workstation directory list, etc.
All I have to do is select the file(s) I want to transfer. I don't have to
get out of what I'm doing, launch some other product, enter passwords and IP
addresses (etc).
2) Ease-of-use. If I select a file to transfer and I haven't established a
workstation connection yet, a connection is established for me. When the
file transfer panel appears, I can leave the target destination blank and a
list of previously entered target destinations is presented for me to select
from. I can leave the transfer mode as 'automatic', and the transfer takes
place in binary or text format based on the file extension. I can set the
target file name to '*', and the target files are given the same names as
the selected files.
3) Power. I can filter a list of files (e.g. a member list) based on all
sorts of criteria; e.g. multiple member names and patterns; member contents;
last changed date; file size (etc). I can then enter 'S *' on the command
line to transfer all members that remain in the list.
To date, I haven't found anything that even comes close to making files
transfers as easy as the WSA. Caveat: I do all of my file transfers from
within a SimpList session, which extends some of the native capabilities of
WSA. It's been years since I've used the WSA from outside of SimpList, so
I'm not entirely sure what the raw WSA is capable of any more. However, I
seem to recall that ISPF option 3.7.2 was quite powerful in its own right.
Dave Salt
See the new SimpList(tm) rollover image at:
http://www.mackinney.com/products/SIM/simplist.htm
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