Shmuel Metz wrote: >I believe that IND$FILE is included in your z/OS license.
IBM Program Number 5665-311, 3270 PC File Transfer Program for TSO, is still marketed and supported as a standalone product (as I write this). However, starting with z/OS 2.1, it is included in the z/OS base operating system license. Refer to IBM Announcement Letter 213-292 for confirmation. >I also believe that it is long out of support... No, it's still IBM supported. >...and less efficient than, e.g., SFTP (yes, FTP is considered >insecure these days.) FTPS is another choice. As for efficiency, it depends on how you measure efficiency. IND$FILE can be extremely efficient all around when a user with a terminal emulator transfers a small file on an ad hoc basis. It can also be extremely efficient when somebody's manual, or REXX script, or macro contains precise, already functioning instructions on how to transfer a file in the correct, format preserving way, and you'd otherwise be tearing your hair out trying to make an alternative file transfer path work for no compelling enough reason. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Timothy Sipples IT Architect Executive, Industry Solutions, IBM Z & LinuxONE E-Mail: sipp...@sg.ibm.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
