Here is an option. AMATERSE will handle a whole PDS. Then download it and send it and then upload it and reverse the AMATERSE
Sent from my iPhone No one said I could type with one thumb > On Dec 18, 2025, at 13:20, Charles Mills <[email protected]> wrote: > > Yes, TRANSMIT, not RECEIVE. > > Why not use 3120 to begin with? Good idea. I used SDB, which is also often a > good idea -- just not in this case. > > Charles > >> On Thu, 18 Dec 2025 13:53:06 -0500, Phil Smith III <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> We've never had a problem either. We distribute our product as a Windows >> .exe (ouch) which uses InstallShield to force acceptance of a license. It >> then drops a binary blob onto disk. That gets uploaded (F 80) and RECEIVEd, >> which produces one PDS--also F 80--containing several members. Each of THOSE >> members is itself an XMITted library, and RECEIVEing those gets you the >> installation media. Some of the libraries are BLKSIZE 3120, some are larger. >> >> So Charles, I think you're doing ?something? wrong. >> >> Wait...you're XMITting into a PDS with a large blocksize? What is that large >> blocksize, and if you're putting XMITted files into it, why not use 3120 (or >> 8000, or some other multiple of 80? Maybe that's the problem? >> >> Apologies if this is naïve. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> On Behalf Of >> Lennie Bradshaw >> Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2025 1:35 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: Grrr! Yes, TSO TRANSMIT destroys PDSes (Rant) >> >> Just tested this on my z/OS 3.1 system and I have differing results to you. >> Existing blksize was respected. >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, >> send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
