Any thoughts on where I might go to get more ideas? On Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 11:02 AM, Fuzzy Logic<[email protected]> wrote: > I was hoping to use netrw.vim to view members in a z/OS PDS, but I > cannot quite get the format of the URL correct. (Windows XP; Vim 7.2, > Big version with GUI) > > I first tried > > :e ftp://usern...@hostname/HLQ.PDS(MEMBER) > > As expected, the z/OS ftp daemon prepends my username and looks for > USERNAME.HLQ.PDS(MEMBER) which is not going to be found. > > So, I tried it with single quotes (z/OS convention): > > :e ftp://usern...@hostname/'HLQ.PDS(MEMBER)' > > No joy. The netrw debug tab contains a lot of information, but it > looks like the local name has a trailing \' (backslash, single quote), > which I think is the source of the problem here. I can see the the ftp > daemon found the member and was happy to send, but the local filename > was unacceptable because of the backslash and so, could not be opened. > > If there is a more specific location to ask about netrw.vim, I'll > happily take my question there. > > FWIW, if I want to open USERNAME.PDS(MEMBER), that works: > > :e ftp://usern...@hostname/PDS(MEMBER) > > So, it seems limited to just the times when I need the single quotes > to prevent the prepending of my username. > > Fuzzy > -- > Latin: Dum spiro spero. > English: While I breathe, I hope. >
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