The idea behind executing something after ftp in build into many data
movers. Instead of seperating a single ftp step into several, synchronized
somehow, is not the best operational idea.

ITschak


On Fri, Apr 4, 2014 at 8:55 AM, Paul Gilmartin <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Fri, 4 Apr 2014 08:23:50 +0300, Itschak Mugzach wrote:
>
> >Have a look at zen ftp control from william data systems that among othrr
> >things allow remote execution. It used ftp exit.
> >
> In my view, using an FTP exit is hardly different from coding your own
> TCP/IP
> server, except:
>
> o it uses the existing FTP port number rather than requiring tnat an
> idiosyncratic
>   one be assigned.
>
> o It can rely on the FTP authentication mechanism
>
> The z/OS FTP server as shipped; no exit required can submit jobs and
> retrieve their
> output with the command:
>
>     quote SITE FILETYPE=JES
>
> (and it doesn't suffer the 80-column limit of TSO SUBMIT.)  Also, in
> recent releases
> it has named pipe (FIFO) capability.
>
> Likewise, a "submit" command is shipped with Unix System Services, and an
> SSH
> server can be installed with the ported tools, so I can do the following:
>
>     505 $ ssh user@mvs "set -x; /bin/submit" < myjcl
>     user@mvs's password: ********
>     + /bin/submit
>     JOB JOB07768 submitted from stdin
>     506 $
>
> ... Then I logged on with tn3270 and viewed the output.  I didn't need to
> use /bin/submit; I could have run any command or script of my devising,
> passing it input and reading its output.
>
> What was the OP looking for?
>
> -- gil
>
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