My responses below
W dniu 01.05.2021 o 23:31, Bob Bridges pisze:
Pan Skorupka, I'm not sure whether I'm about to agree or disagree about FTP. I
use FTP as much as possible for file transfer, but I don't understand why a
terminal emulator needs it built in: What's wrong with just using Windows FTP
and MVS FTP? Which is maybe what you're saying.
That's exactly what I said. FTP is fine, FTP is needed, I use FTP, but
IMHO there is no reason to embed FTP client in 3270 emulation package.
One reason I like FTP so much is that IND$FILE can be so clunky if you have
more than one or two files to transfer. Most emulators provide a way to set up
multiple transfers, but only manually - that is, I have to add each file to the
collection, one at a time. How is that better than doing the file transfer one
at a time. Unless I'm going to be doing the same transfers many times, of
course, but that's never the case, for me. What I really want is to set up a
list of 40 or 50 filenames, and provide that list to the utility. I can do
that with native FTP. I've done it for IND$FILE, too, but only by manually
creating a multiple-file transfer containing three or four filenames, then
analyzing the instructions it saved and writing a program that reproduced that
proprietary format for my 40 or 50. It's worth the trouble only when I'm
starting out at a new client that doesn't support the mainframe FTP server, and
I need to load my REXX tools.
So when you write "scriptable IND$FILE", my ears perk up. Someone tell me
more, please.
Scripting is unclear, I think I should rather say file list.
I mean just list of dataset/files to sent.
Example:
D:\datasets\BE08.R0.CNTL.xmi xmit~x0
D:\datasets\BE08.R1.PS1.xmi user2~x1.OLD
D:\datasets\PS2.txt txt~x2
C:\some\directory\BE05.R3.bin BIN2~x3
D:\datasets\BE08.R4.PS4.xmi xmit~x4
D:\datasets\BE08.R5.PS5.xmi xmit~x5
Three positional parameters:
1. File name (PC side) - i.e. "BE08.R0.CNTL.xmi" in D:\datasets directory
2. Transfer/translation method - "xmit" is just a name. Inside there are
parameters like ASCII-EBCDIC translation, LRECL, RECFM, optionally
SPACE, etc.
3. x0, x1.OLD, x2... - dataset names, TSO prefixing apply
As I said I don't know all possible emulators. I know PCOMM allows use
of such lists, while wc3270 and Nexus do not have such feature. And of
course when you have to transfer few dozens of files to the host it is
really easy to create such list, even when some of the files need
different parameters.
Of course for gigabyte transfers FTP is still better.
BTW: "Pan Skorupka" made me smile :-)
Polish is complex here, we use declension, so it would be "panie
Skorupka". Declension (declination?) is a nightmare for English speakers
and lack of declension in English is a problem of Polish speakers.
Nevermind.
Regards
--
Radoslaw Skorupka
(looking for new job)
Lodz, Poland
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