The macdef is a macro. In the example, combines the PWD and the PUT in one
command.
In your case open an ftp client session:
Type:
Macdef lazy
and it will come back
Enter macro line by line, terminating it with a null line
Enter the following:
Runique
get $1 $1
<ENTER>
Later when you reopen the ftp session
Type :$lazy filename.filetype
-----Original Message-----
From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of McKown,
John
Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 2010 3:55 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Need "unusual" Linux ftp client
Many thanks. I didn't really "get" what the macdef was about.
John McKown
Systems Engineer IV
IT
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[email protected]] On
> Behalf Of Paul Rogers
> Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 2010 2:36 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: Need "unusual" Linux ftp client
>
> 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
> >
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