On Thu, Jun 11, 2015 at 3:15 PM, Bob Rutledge <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 6/11/2015 3:58 PM, John McKown wrote: > >> On Thu, Jun 11, 2015 at 2:45 PM, Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.) < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> > ... > >> That won't catch file transfers from an FTP command in a 3270 session. >>> >>> >> I'm a tad confused by this statement. The only file transfer that I am >> aware of over a 3270 data stream is via IND$FILE. Is there some other? In >> many (most?) cases, when somebody uses "ftp" by itself, I think of the one >> for TCP/IP. I am aware that there are other ways to transfer files, such >> as >> NJE and AFTP. I guess that my assumption was that the emulator in question >> in "from commands given on emulators" was a 3270 emulator. >> > > Some TN3270 emulators, WRQ is one, contain FTP client code that they > optionally use instead of IND$FILE for data transport. > Oh, I think I get it. The ftp is not done via the 3270 data stream. It is just an easier way to do a "normal" TCP/IP type ftp than bringing up a command prompt. Maybe a bit like having FileZilla. > > Bob > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > -- Yoda of Borg, we are. Futile, resistance is, yes. Assimilated, you will be. My sister opened a computer store in Hawaii. She sells C shells down by the seashore. If someone tell you that nothing is impossible: Ask him to dribble a football. 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
