FileZilla for GUI. Windows built-in FTP for command line, but... There are NO (free) command line FTP clients for Windows that support passive mode AND work with the MVS file system. Zilch. Nada. NOT A SINGLE ONE.
Reason is the Windows FTP client doesn't support passive mode. And all the third party clients try to be too smart; instead of just passing the entered command as is to the server, they try to track your current directory state -- and get hopelessly confused by the MVS "directory" syntax. -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On Behalf Of Steve Estle Sent: Wednesday, July 26, 2023 4:07 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Preferred FTP Client for Windows Hello All, I work in a secure government environment and moving files up and down from the mainframe (especially traditional ZOS datasets) is a 'xxxx' pita with Winscp and everything I read (including IBMMAIN archives) is that tool is just plain dumb when it comes to datasets with standard ZOS HLQ's. I'm trying to do a non-scientific poll - what is the preferred FTP client to run on Windows platform out there everyone is using that you are happy with and can easily navigate to either traditional ZOS HLQ dataset or Unix System Services files. Of course freeware is preferred if user friendly. I know there is Filezilla but not sure it is much better than Winscp? Thanks for everyone's thoughts and input. Steve Estle steven.es...@peraton.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
