On z/OS the XMIT/TRANSMIT command creates files in NETDATA format (on z/VM the commands is SENDFILE). The first record is easily identifiable as NETDATA format as it always begins with: \INMR01 For more detailed info, Google: IBM netdata format
To read the file on a non-IBM system you'll need to be able to deblock the NETDATA records. Mike Walter Aon Corporation The opinions expressed herein are mine alone, not my employer's. -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Mike Myers Sent: Tuesday, February 18, 2014 16:28 To: [email protected] Subject: Xmitting file between disconnected systems I am trying to xmit a couple of files from a z/OS system and then receive them on a different system. There is no connection between these systems except an intervening notebook. The process I have used is: 1. xmit the file to myself on the source system 2. use SDSF's output queue to see the xmitted file 3. use the XDC command to create a dataset from the output file (I see that the xmit files created on the CBT tape are RECFM=F and LRECL-80, so the dataset I create fron XDC is given these properties) 4. transfer the data set to my PC from the source system as binary using my 3270 emulator's transfer file screen 5. transfer the file from my PC to the target system as binary using my 3270 emulator's transfer file screen 6. receive the created data set on the target system and get the message:* INMR921I* *Received* *file* *appears* *not* *to* *be* *an* *Interactive* *Data* *Transmission* *Facility* *file.* *The* *first* *record* *is: *If the CBT tape can transfer files in this manner, it must be manageable, but I must have missed something. What am I missing? Mike Myers ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
