Ask the Experts: FTP and variable lengths

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April 29, 2004 Published by  Search390.com Ask The Experts Issue Sponsored By: SearchDatabase.com Career Center IN THIS ISSUE: FTP and variable lengths Getting FTP to work From an FTP server to a VSE FTP client Trying to FTP files from UNIX to MVS ABCs of RACF FTP and variable lengths [Jim Keohane] A user asked: According to the Unix guy, FTP only works on character data for variable length files. Therefore, everything in the file we get has been turned into char values. It's hard for me to believe that FTP has this limitation with variable length files. Would you know of the Unix FTP command and parms to do this or a way around it? SearchDatabase.com Career Center How does your salary compare to those of your peers? Visit SearchDatabase.com's Career Center powered by Dice and take our salary survey. Find training, certification, resume resources and over 27,000 IT job openings to search through. Register now and access a host of career resources! Getting FTP to work [Jim Keohane] A user asked: We need to transfer XML files to the mainframe and create a report user requested. How can we extract only the data portion from the XML file without all the tags? We were trying FTP but we can't read the text file. From an FTP server to a VSE FTP client [Jim Keohane] A user asked: Is it possible to use, for one FTP mainframe, (VM/VSE OS/390) VSE file to Windows 2000 server with option site RWD? FTP use is connectivity system running on VSE partition. The option of FTP is necessary to an option. Is there another parameter with the same function? Trying to FTP files from UNIX to MVS [Jim Keohane] A user asked: Is there a way to FTP files from UNIX to MVS and vice versa using public/private keys? The reason for doing this is that we don't want to create a hidden file on the UNIX side where we store the password. TOPICS: ABCs of RACF Resource Access Control Facility (RACF) is probably one of the most important security features on mainframes. See these links for more information about RACF. TOPICS: Mainframe History Quiz In honor of the mainframe's 40th birthday, Mr. Know-IT-All is back to find out how much you really know about the history of Big Iron. Take his Mainframe Anniversary Quiz and test your melon today. TIPS: Six ways to handle a dysfunctional team Slackers...know-it-alls...backstabbers... We've all had coworkers like this, and we all know how much damage they can cause to a team's (and its manager's) morale and reputation. Here are six strategies for helping dysfunctional team members work together: Contact Us Sales For sales inquiries, please contact us at: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Editorial For feedback about any of our articles or to send us your article ideas, please contact us at: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Free E-Newsletters! Select e-newsletters you would like to receive via e-mail! Search390: Today's News Not a Member? We'll activate your membership with your subscription. ABOUT THIS E-NEWSLETTER This e-newsletter is published by Search390.com, a targeted Web site from TechTarget, the most targeted IT media and events company. Copyright 2004 TechTarget. All rights reserved. To unsubscribe from "Ask The Experts": Go to unsubscribe: http://search390.techtarget.com/u?track=NL-16 Please note, unsubscribe requests may take up to 24 hours to process; you may receive additional mailings during that time. A confirmation e-mail will be sent when your request has been successfully processed. Contact Us: Search390 MemberServices 117 Kendrick Street, Suite 800 Needham, MA 02494