I download data from z/OS. And I do it repetitively. Basically, run a job on z/OS to generate a file. Download the file. Process on Linux. Repeat. I do some intermediate work on z/OS between runs. This work changes the output of the job. I want to compare the output from the various runs. I currently do this by starting up the Linux ftp client; do a runique; then get the file. This results in the ftp client creating a series of file on Linux with .1, .2, .3, and so on. What I would like to do is not need to remember to do the runique command, but have it be the client default. I cannot change the z/OS ftp server's defaults. Well, I could, but I'd catch you-know-what if I did. <grin>. Is there some way to have the Linux ftp client do this for me? Why not just depend on myself? Because I sometimes mess up. And it only takes once to overwrite a file. Is there some other way to do this?
Oh, I guess that I could make an ftp step in the job with an sunique and reverse the roles. However, I'm not actually creating a file. I'm creating a SYSOUT report. And the z/OS ftp server can then make that available to the Linux ftp client. Saves me from creating the dataset and cleaning it up later. I guess that I could do a GDG, but that's more of a problem than I want to bother with. I'm lazy. John McKown Systems Engineer IV IT Administrative Services Group HealthMarkets(r) 9151 Boulevard 26 * N. Richland Hills * TX 76010 (817) 255-3225 phone * [email protected] * www.HealthMarkets.com Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message may contain confidential or proprietary information. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. HealthMarkets(r) is the brand name for products underwritten and issued by the insurance subsidiaries of HealthMarkets, Inc. -The Chesapeake Life Insurance Company(r), Mid-West National Life Insurance Company of TennesseeSM and The MEGA Life and Health Insurance Company.SM ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For more information on Linux on System z, visit http://wiki.linuxvm.org/
