Steve,
That piqued my interest so I tried it (obviously a non-exhaustive test).
Here's what I got:
. Menu List Mode Functions Utilities Help
.
‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹
. ISPF Command Shell
. Enter TSO or Workstation commands below:
.
. ===> smcopy fds(/etc/logs) tds(/u/rex/log-deleteme)
.
.
IKJ56700A ENTER INPUT SOURCE DATASET NAME -
/etc/logs
IKJ56709I INVALID DATA SET NAME, /etc/logs
IKJ56718A REENTER THIS OPERAND+ -
FDS:
Doing a HELP on SMCOPY part of what I got back was this:
NOTE - DATA SETS MUST BE SEQUENTIAL OR MEMBER OF A PARTITIONED
DATA SET AND EITHER FIXED OR VARIABLE LENGTH RECORDS.
- WHEN INPUT AND OUTPUT ARE BOTH DATA SETS (SYSOUT OR QSAM)
THIS COMMAND CAN BE EXECUTED IN THE BACKGROUND.
So it appears to me that SMCOPY hasn't been updated to support unix files.
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From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf
Of Steve Comstock
Sent: Wednesday, November 06, 2013 9:48 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Aging Sysprogs = Aging Farmers
On 11/6/2013 8:45 AM, Paul Gilmartin wrote:
> On Wed, 6 Nov 2013 08:14:04 -0700, Steve Comstock wrote:
>>
>> Ah. In the TSO Command Reference you will see:
>>
>> "If the source and target of the copy request are both data sets, (SYSOUT or
>> QSAM), you do not have to be logged on under the Session Manager to use the
>> SMCOPY command."
>>
> What's a data set? What's not a data set? I believe the obvious
> authority should be "Using Data Sets", which avers in an early
> section, that a data set can be many things (from memory): DASD,
> tape, terminal, card reader, punch, printer, UNIX file, ...
>
> (And, no, I've failed using that citation to IBM support when they
> tell me, "No, that needs to be a data set.")
>
> -- gil
>
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Good question, Paul. I no longer have a system to test on.
How about trying SMCOPY with z/OS UNIX files as input and / or
output and letting us know how it works?
Kind regards,
-Steve
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