On Thursday, 09/07/2006 at 04:44 EST, Dennis Schaffer 
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm dealing with our current 3270 emulator vendor, which provides 
limited
> support for FTP protocol file transfer, trying to convince them to 
enhance
> that support.
> 
> I recall when z/VM v5.2 was announced, there was a statement to the 
effect
> that IBM would no longer officially support the IND$FILE protocol as of
> v5.2 but IND$FILE would be included as a "sample" (my wording, not
> necessarily IBM's) unsupported program.  I guess the implication is it
> would probably work w/ v5.2 in many/most situations but don't call IBM 
if
> it doesn't.  Furthermore, as I recall, it was stated that IND$FILE would 
no
> longer be shipped with z/VM releases after v5.2.

The z/VM 5.1 Announcement (204-235) contained this statement:
o The 3270 PC File Transfer product (5664-281), previously orderable with 
the z/VM V4 System Delivery Option (SDO), is now available as part of the 
z/VM V5 product. It is shipped as a sample program on the system disk, 
with no support available. 

The z/VM 5.1 and 5.2 Program Directories (p.18) contain this statement:
o The 3270 PC File Transfer product (5664-281) is now available as part of 
the z/VM V5R1 product. Its
module, IND$FILE MODULE, is shipped as a sample tool on the system 'S' 
disk (190).

I know of no plan to remove IND$FILE.

Alan Altmark
z/VM Development
IBM Endicott

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