In a recent note, Walt Farrell said: > Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2006 08:41:59 -0400 > > On 4/24/2006 7:28 AM, Steve Flynn wrote: > > ...snipped... > > PUT DD:REPFILE 'SOME.REMOTE.GDG.BASE(+1)' > Is FTP GDG-savvy? There's a long litany of problems accessing GDG generations by any method other than JCL DD allocation.
I see: 4.8 "z/OS V1R7.0 Comm Svr: IP User's Guide and Commands" 4.8 Generation data group support ... You cannot use FTP to create a new GDG, ... And, in the next paragraph: ... Therefore, when creating a new GDG [ ... ], at least one of the following must be true: ... ??? So, they tell me I can't do it, then proceed to tell me the rules for doing it? Needs editorial revision. > http://publibz.boulder.ibm.com/cgi-bin/bookmgr_OS390/BOOKS/f1a1b950/4.2.4?SHELF=EZ2ZO10G&DT=20050708142126 > Wherein I note: 4.2.4 "z/OS V1R7.0 Comm Svr: IP User's Guide and Commands" 4.2.4 DD name support The FTP Client API does not support DD name transfers. The DD names associated with a batch job that invokes an application program using the FTP Client API are not available to the spawned FTP client process. That's pretty harsh. What was the design rationale for spawning the client process rather than using a more DD name friendly mechanism such as ATTACH? Is there any security concern that would preclude running an FTP server task in the same address space as the caller? But, I wondered, could one use DYNALLOC (BPXWDYN) to capture the volume and provide that to FTP? So, in the same publication: 5.34 "z/OS V1R7.0 Comm Svr: IP User's Guide and Commands" 5.34 LOCSIte subcommand--Specify site information to the local host VOLume Specifies the volume serial number for allocation of new data sets. Alas, the operant word is "new". What was the design rationale for not applying LOCSITE VOLUME likewise to existing data sets? I note that the API restriction does not apply to invoking FTP in a batch job step. -- gil -- StorageTek INFORMATION made POWERFUL ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
