W dniu 17.06.2020 o 20:09, Frank Swarbrick pisze:
What FTP client do you use to access MVS data sets? Do you like it?
I personally use the FTP Client that is part of Micro Focus (formerly
Attachmate) Reflection Desktop for IBM (Reflection Workspace). Being an
application suite dedicated to
Of
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Is it free? I see it's a "base element." Does that make it free? (Gift with
purchase.) I seemed
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I refrained from mentioning IND$FILE because that did not seem to be the
question. But in fact
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Wha...? I might have misunderstood you, but it sounds like you're saying I can
1) collect all the REXX execs I want to transfer to the mainframe, 2) ZIP them
up (using
tz3
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in the samplib I have is
IBM Explorer for z/OS
FMID(HALG320)
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Looks like my confusion is I
could ask for it to be installed.
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okay, understand, FEK is the HLQ for zexplore
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> Wha...? I might have misunderstood you, but it sounds like you're saying I
> can 1) collect all the REXX execs I want to transfer to the mainframe, 2)
> ZIP them up (using PKZIP or WinZIP or 7-ZIP or whatever), 3) IND$FILE the
> .zip file to
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I'm not a sysprog so I can't configure anything myself. I don't that we have an
SFEK* set of libraries on the system currently. The documentation I've just
now looked at seems to indicate th
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>Wha...? I might have misunderstood you, but it sounds like you're saying I
>can 1) collect all the REXX execs I want to transfer to the mainframe, 2)
>ZIP them up (using PKZIP or WinZIP or 7-ZIP or whatever), 3) IND$FILE the
>.zip file to
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From what I recall, I don't have any doc at home, the configuration is done
using the FEF.SFEKSAMP library
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Looks like some of this might be part of the "Remote System Explorer"
perspective, which I don't see to have configured. Does this r
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the FMID is (HALG320) the GUI client is Aqua explorer for zos, IIRC
I currently do not have the GUI client on the loaner laptop I'm using at home
so I cannot be 100% sure
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> PKWare for not-free. Unzip from rocket for free. Probably others.
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Wha...? I might have misunderstood you, but it sounds like you're saying I
can 1) collect all the REXX execs I want to transfer to the mainframe, 2)
ZIP them up (using PKZIP or WinZIP or 7-ZIP or whate
client for MVS data set access
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Wha...? I might have misunderstood you, but it sounds like you're saying I can
1) collect all the REXX execs I want to transfer to the mainframe, 2) ZIP them
up (using PKZIP or WinZIP
I'll have to look more at this. Thanks.
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Morning Frank, this is the Free Z
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For things that I both want to deal with on z/OS as a "package" and on Windows
as indivi
Wha...? I might have misunderstood you, but it sounds like you're saying I
can 1) collect all the REXX execs I want to transfer to the mainframe, 2)
ZIP them up (using PKZIP or WinZIP or 7-ZIP or whatever), 3) IND$FILE the
.zip file to the mainframe, and then 4) ...here's where I bog down. Is
artin
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On Thu, 18 Jun 2020 15:34:04 +, Seymour J Metz wrote:
>Why not zip them and do a single transfer of the zip file, then unzip them?
>
Or, package them with ..
On Thu, 18 Jun 2020 15:34:04 +, Seymour J Metz wrote:
>Why not zip them and do a single transfer of the zip file, then unzip them?
>
Or, package them with ...
TSO TRANSMIT OUTFILE() ...
and reload them with:
TSO RECEIVE INFILE() ...
for the entire content of a single PDS.
If you need
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I'm an old guy. (Maybe a lot of us are.) I still call it "the DOS window" in
my head, I think because I predate Win 3.1; for a long time I was a plain DOS
user (the PC DOS, not the early mainframe DOS). Win
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Sometimes all that's allowed, though. Some of my clients lock up FTP, and make
me use IND$FILE via whatever local 3270 emulation they use.
This can be a major pain. Whenever I start
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Yes, WS_FTP has no issue with PDSEs.
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Yes, WS_FTP has no issue with PDSEs.
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Hey Carmen,
Is that z/OS Explorer (free) or is that IBM Developer (formerly Rational
Developer -- expensive) for Z that you are referring to? I know that z/OS
Explorer uses FTP under the covers, but I'v
Morning Frank, this is the Free Z/explorer I have installed
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Hey Carmen,
Is
I've used WS_FTP for 20 yrs and it's got just about everything. Don't know
about PDSE. Has auto for mode selection and gets it right most of the time. For
PDS's does MGETs and MPUTs like a bat.
Trial available at:https://www.ipswitch.com/ftp-client
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Sometimes all that's allowed, though. Some of my clients lock up FTP, and make
me use IND$FILE via whatever local 3270 emulation they use.
This can be a major pain. Whenever I start at a new installation, one of my
first jobs is to load up a bunch of REXX tools I've written over the years.
I experimented with that when I first became aware of it, but stopped using it
for some reason. I liked very much the ability to use ISPF Edit on some PC
files - and vice versa, sometimes - but for file transfer I thought it was 'way
too slow. Is that not the case?
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Bob Bridges,
I'm an old guy. (Maybe a lot of us are.) I still call it "the DOS window" in
my head, I think because I predate Win 3.1; for a long time I was a plain DOS
user (the PC DOS, not the early mainframe DOS). Win 3.1 wasn't really a
Windows operating system as it's understood now; DOS was the OS,
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>I have painfully
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Hi Gil,
I have painfully experienced instances where IND$FILE (on z/VM) mangled
a Binary Upload from my MS-Windows 10 Pro workstation.
It works every time I use FTP, though (via CLI or WinSCP).
Regards,
David
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For what it is worth, I prefer the file transfer features supported by the
ISPF
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>I have painfully experienced instances where IND$FILE (on z/VM) mangled
>a Binary Upload from my MS-Windows 10 Pro workstation.
>It works every time I use FTP, though (via CLI or WinSCP).
>
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Hi Gil,
I have painfully experienced instances where IND$FILE (on z/VM) mangled
a Binary Upload from my MS-Windows 10 Pro workstation.
It works every time I use FTP, though (via CLI or WinSCP).
Regards,
David
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For what it is worth, I prefer the file transfer features supported by the
ISPF Workstation Agent. Performs well and is easy to automate using Rexx
and ISPF services.
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>I am pretty happy with Bluezone as a paid product (Not sure if the FTP
>client is free) has GUI and I helped a user script an FTP to the mainframe
>that stored their password in an encrypted session definition... In the
>past I was also
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> >No flames from me but Windows "DOS" FTP has no
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>No flames from me but Windows "DOS" FTP has no TLS support -- is that not
>right?
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Is "DOS" the same as "cmd.exe"? The latter seems clearer.
>Not needed in every situation but required in some.
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I know I'm inviting censorious and/or contemptuous lectures, but I've always
been happy with using Windows FTP from my DOS window. I whipped up a decent
.bat command that asks for me to enter m
I know I'm inviting censorious and/or contemptuous lectures, but I've always
been happy with using Windows FTP from my DOS window. I whipped up a decent
.bat command that asks for me to enter my password (but doesn't save it
afterward) and executes the commands I prepared ahead of time. What
dataset one minute and a UNIX file the next minute.
Charles
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+1 for CLI!
-1 for corporate nannies who want to log every time you use a command prompt
window because that is so dangerous for the masses . . . or maybe especially
for programmers who *think
I think I tried that, but will check again. Someday
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WinSCP is decent; there are countless class libraries as well. I just enjoy
I don't know if this is your problem or not, but in FileZilla's Site
Manager, I have two hosts defined for a few z/OS systems, one for MVS, and
one for USS. The "server type" matters... "MVS..." vs. "Unix".
sas
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ever asked for it, but think about
it often...
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My opinion, which is absolutely
shell scripts or TSO
commands. Perhaps I'm overlooking some things.
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>Win
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>the DOS CLI. Man, I wish they'd add encryption to it.
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Doesn't the "S" in "SCP" mean "Secure", therefore the transmission is encrypted.
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The devil is in the details. I want tools that work together. That includes the
ability to mix and match CLI and GUI. I
ess z/OS datasets and files from Windows.
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I've always liked the reflections FTP client, I've not been able to use any
other client, but I
to run shell scripts, and tso command from
the GUI
moving or coping datasets can be done using a drag and drop.
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command from
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moving or coping datasets can be done using a drag and drop.
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What FTP
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What FTP client do you use to access MVS data sets? Do you like it?
I personally use the FTP Client
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> What FTP client do you use to access MVS data sets? Do you like it?
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> I personally use the FTP Client that is part of Micro Focus (formerly
> Attachmate) Reflection Desktop for IBM (Reflection Workspace). Being an
> application
Filezilla works great for me. It handles MVS pretty well, mapping DSN
nodes and PDSes to mostly act like directories.
sas
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What FTP client do you use to access MVS data sets? Do you like it?
I personally use the FTP Client that is part of Micro Focus (formerly
Attachmate) Reflection Desktop for IBM (Reflection Workspace). Being an
application suite dedicated to mainframe access (the application is primarily a
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