I am working on a module that I'd like to contribute to CPAN. Following
the guidelines in the CPAN Perl 5 Module List, I'd like to call this
module Net::FTP::JES.
This module submits JCL jobstreams to MVS systems through FTP.
IBM mainframe MVS systems accept job input through the Job Entry
Subsystem (JES). This input is in the form of 80-byte card images that
correspond to the punch cards of ancient times. The new releases of MVS
can accept this input via FTP to the MVS internal reader (equivalent
to the physical card readers of older systems).
This module basically wraps the ``Net::FTP'' module into an abbreviated
interface for the sole purpose of submitting a jobstream file to an MVS
system.
The basic methods are:
$jes = Net::FTP::JES->open($host, $logonid, $password);
This method creates a connection to the MVS system JES at
$host,
using FTP logon ID $logonid and password $password. If the
connection is made, ``open'' returns a reference $jes to the
JES
connection; otherwise ``open'' returns `undefined'.
$jes->submit($job);
This method submits the jobstream contained in the file
$job. If
the submission is successful, ``submit'' returns true;
otherwise
``submit'' returns ``undefined''.
$jes->quit;
This method closes the connection to JES. It is just the
Net::FTP ``quit'' method.
Is Net::FTP::JES suitable for the module name?
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