From: Paul Gilmartin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
I think it's even more convenient to be able to operate on files from
either platform without any perceived "file transfer" operation.
The WSA is the same. It allows workstation files to be manipulated as if
they existed on the mainframe, or mainframe files to be manipulated as if
they existed on the workstation. A file transfer may or may not be required;
e.g. if a command is sent from the mainframe to delete a workstation file,
no file transfer takes place. If a command is sent to edit a workstation
file on the mainframe, a file transfer takes place. However, it's completely
automatic; i.e. the workstation file simply opens in the ISPF editor. When
the edit session ends, the file is quietly and automatically transferred
back to the workstation. Everything is seamless and there is no perceived
"file transfer" operation.
Of course, if someone wants to simply perform file transfers (e.g. to back
up mainframe files on a PC or trasfer PC files to a mainframe etc), the WSA
is very good for doing that as well.
Dave Salt
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