There are other reasons to install WSA.
-- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 ________________________________________ From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@listserv.ua.edu> on behalf of Paul Gilmartin <0000000433f07816-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> Sent: Saturday, December 1, 2018 6:52 PM To: IBM-MAIN@listserv.ua.edu Subject: Re: IND$FILE -- where did the name come from? On Sat, 1 Dec 2018 18:08:26 -0500, Don Leahy wrote: >Why all the love for IND$FILE? ISPF's workstation agent (WSA) is a far >superior solution to the problem of sending files between your work station >and the mainframe. Easy to automate (see the ISPF FILEXFER service) and is >included with ISPF at no additional cost. > Linux? MacOS? Solaris? ... ? 1. FTP (requires workstation FTP server). o Download using FTP. ISPF invokes the host FTP client to connect with the FTP server on your workstation and transfer the WSA installation program. ... Well, gee. If I already have FTP to my workstation, why do I need to install something else to transfer files? -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
