On Wed, Dec 1, 2010 at 1:57 PM, McKown, John <[email protected]> wrote: > 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?
man netrc $ cat .netrc machine zOS-hostname-or-ipaddress macdef init runique $ > 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. A lazy man is an efficient man! Enjoy! Paul > 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/
