On Thu, 5 Feb 2009 08:00:38 -0800, Don Russell <[email protected]> wrote:
>I have an FTP process that writes a "temporary" file to a remote site. > >Because put requires the local file name to be explicitly specified, >the "temporary" file must be catalogued. > >Is there a way to specify a DD NAME to read from instead of the actual >local file name? > >Something like >put (ddname) remote.file.name > >It doesn't look like it from any doc I've seen, but it seems like such >a natural thing to do in an MVS batch environment. :-) > >//S1 EXEC PGM=MHH Miracle Happens Here >//STUFF DD DISP=(,PASS,DELETE),.... "text, sequential, flat file" >//* >//S2 EXEC PGM=FTP >//STUFF DD DISP=(OLD,DELETE) >//INPUT DD * >... >put (STUFF) remote.file.name >/* > put //DD:yourdd _remote_host_file_goes_here_ Scott Barry SBBWorks, Inc. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
