Looks like WinSCP has no <quote> or <site> commands, which is going to make it tough to use with z/OS!
Curl looks cool but it's not the least bit compatible with a batch FTP client (unless I'm missing something). Charles -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Scott Sent: Tuesday, February 09, 2010 5:46 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Does anyone know of a good *batch* FTP client for Windows? Your best bet would be WinSCP, which offers command-line tools. Or cURL. Scott On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 5:37 PM, Charles Mills <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm looking for an FTP client for Windows with maximum compatibility with > the z/OS Comm. Server client ("the ftp command"), the z/OS Comm. Server > server (FTPSERVE), and z/OS "traditional" datasets in general. > > > > I also need SSL support. > > > > The Windows command line freebie would be about perfect except for the lack > of SSL support. > > > > I *cannot* use a GUI Window for this particular application. I need > something that processes a file analogous to the INPUT DD processed by the > z/OS ftp client. > > > > I've got Ipswitch WS_FTP which has a batch FTP but it is doing me way too > many "favors" that may make sense on UNIX or Windows but which make a mess > on z/OS. For example, it is turning > > > > PUT SOMEFILE.TXT 'USERID.FOO.BAR' > > > > into > > > > CD 'USERID.FOO > > PUT SOMEFILE.TXT BAR' > > > > which is obviously useless. > > > > (I will cross-post this to IBMTCP-L.) > > > > Thanks, > > > > Charles > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO > Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
