> -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Paul Gilmartin > Sent: Thursday, July 23, 2009 12:08 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: CA Mainframe 2.0 > > On Thu, 23 Jul 2009 11:42:17 -0500, McKown, John wrote: > >> > >> SMP/E RECEIVE FROMNETWORK can be used by anyone who understands it. > > > >Well, what I like is the "Download Director" which downloads > all the subdirectories & files for a given order. > > > Can't this be done with a handful of MGETs? Is Download Director > simply more convenient.
Yes, I could "do it myself" by doing some lmkdir statements and mgets. But that makes it more difficult for me and more error prone. So it is generally just convenience. Plus Download Director can do concurrent downloads of multiple files. > > >But I guess ftp downloading a PAX file which I could unwind > and then use with a RECEIVE FROMNTS would be OK as well. > > >The mainframe is not, and likely never will be, Internet > accessible or vice versa. > > > In general, or your particular mainframe? I should have said "our" not "the". > > -- gil -- John McKown Systems Engineer IV IT Administrative Services Group HealthMarkets(r) 9151 Boulevard 26 * N. Richland Hills * TX 76010 (817) 255-3225 phone * (817)-961-6183 cell [email protected] * www.HealthMarkets.com Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message may contain confidential or proprietary information. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. HealthMarkets(r) is the brand name for products underwritten and issued by the insurance subsidiaries of HealthMarkets, Inc. -The Chesapeake Life Insurance Company(r), Mid-West National Life Insurance Company of TennesseeSM and The MEGA Life and Health Insurance Company.SM ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
