Like most things, it is easy once you know the trick. I use PCOMM all the time for uploading and downloading to z/VM and z/OS systems. I tried FTP and WSA but PCOMM is easier once you have it set up.
First, I have my customized toolbar. I can't remember if the default one has icons on it for upload and download, but mine does. Click the upload icon, and then click Options at the bottom of the "Send files to Host" window. Then you can define named sets of transfer options for all your different systems. So, for MVS/TSO, I have predefined everything I commonly use. For example, I have a transfer type for MVS/TSO called "tersed" which automatically preallocates a file for me with recfm=fixed lrecl=1024 blksize=27648 and the right number of primary and secondary cylinders. Now, back out of Options and click the Templates button. I really like this. You can predefine your needs for renaming the files automatically as you upload them. For example, I have a template for PC files with names like *=1.*=2.*=3.*=4.*=5.trs that automatically get renamed to p*=1.*=4.*=5.trs and use the tersed transfer type. When I upload files from a customer that have names of the pattern nnnnnn,xxx,yyy.name1.name2.trs where nnnnnn, xxx, and yyy are all numeric only and therefore illegal on MVS, I get pnnnnnn.name1.name2.trs as a tersed file on the host. So now I can select whole bunches of these from a folder and upload them all at once with no manual renaming and no manual pre allocating of files and no additional SITE commands to issue. Once you define the transfer types and templates you use all the time, you can upload or download any number of files with just a few clicks and have all that renaming and DCB attribute stuff taken care of for you. Roger Bolan infoprint.com Boulder, Colorado, USA P Think before you print ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
