FWIW, with Co:Z SFTP you can transfer PDS/PDSE datasets directly. IEBCOPY is used under the covers to unload/reload. "LIKE" allocation is used to allocate new versions on the receiving side.
https://coztoolkit.com/docs/sftp/client.html#client-ztoz Kirk Wolf Dovetailed Technologies https://coztoolkit.com On Tue, Dec 9, 2025, at 12:53 PM, Roger W Suhr wrote: > I used to ZAP a better BLKSIZE into a copy of the XMIT binary (it had to be > refitted with every new z/OS release), but nowadays I don't care anymore. I > still use XMIT to backup PDS/PDSE data sets and to prepare them for easy sftp > transfer as needed, > RECEIVE is used to restore a PDS/PDSE dataset, and then one can recover > individual members with no sweat. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
