FTPS (SSL ftp) is not hard to set-up and deals with ordinary z/OS datasets just fine.
> -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of John McKown > Sent: Tuesday, April 07, 2015 11:17 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: CP to a fixed length output file > > On Tue, Apr 7, 2015 at 11:32 AM, Dana Mitchell <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > I'm working with developers to convert FTP jobs to use secure FTP. > > The first step is to cp the MVS dataset to a USS directory so sftp can > > transfer it. They noticed when transferring an FB 80 file that > > trailing blanks have been stripped off. Is there some combination of cp > options that would keep > > trailing blanks intact? I've tried -B, -F crlf etc to no avail. > > > > Dana > > > > > Pushing my favorite, __freely licensed__, product, I would suggest looking > at > using the sftp enhancement from Dovetailed Technologies: > https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v1/url?u=http://dovetail.com/products/sftp > .html&k=EWEYHnIvm0nsSxnW5y9VIw%3D%3D%0A&r=j6Xa1Y0fbuP2mfgCQ5Z > xhg%3D%3D%0A&m=WniMiMnzcAZD%2BzBIS5GcReKsdeQoxX%2FeOtZ6N3JFz > no%3D%0A&s=e3b477c113b7457e6bfde859bf90f240f8062cd795dea823c6b6b > 392d13a577e > > This builds on top of the IBM OpenSSH server code. It allows sftp to access > z/OS UNIX files (as always) and also z/OS data sets and the JES SPOOL as well. > Of course you still need to tell the sftp server to not strip trailing > blanks, as > already mentioned by Sri. > > > -- > If you sent twitter messages while exploring, are you on a textpedition? > > He's about as useful as a wax frying pan. > > 10 to the 12th power microphones = 1 Megaphone > > Maranatha! <>< > John McKown > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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
