On Thu, 12 Oct 2017 10:42:25 +0800, ibmmain wrote: > > We will transfer a large number of sequential file from mainframe to redhat > linux V6.5. > >Normally we use FTP or XCOM to transfer file. > > Could you tell us wherther there is the best way to transfer file from > mainframe to redhat linux V6.5 for > Are the files Classic data sets or z/OS UNIX files?
Are the files binary or text? If binary, does it matter if record boundaries are lost? If text, are you sure the have no embedded control characters which may introduce spurious line breaks? Do they have embedded packed decimal data which need special treatment? There's little to be done with program objects/load modules. Might the files be NFS mounted on Linux? >saving the trsnsfer's time ? for example :compress file on mainframe +transfer >the file +uncompress file on Linux. > Which compression technique(s) are you considering? For UNIX files only, pax will perform EBCDIC-->ASCII conversion (large variety of code pages) and has a compression option compatible with Linux. .zip is fairly portable. You may find a port of zip to z/OS that meets your needs and can be extracted on Redhat. -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
