In a recent note, Alan Brown said: > Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2007 11:39:53 -0500 > > I searched through the archives and could not find a good answer to this > question. > MVS-OE might be a better list.
> We have a need for z/OS programs (batch jobs) to access flat files that are > on some distributed Unix boxes. > > 1. Can we use NFS for this (i.e., setup the files on Unix as NFS mount > points)? > Yes. And the mount map can be configured for ASCII <--> EBCDIC And the files can be allocated with DD statements and processed by Classic programs. > 2. If yes, can someone point me to some documentation examples for using > z/OS as an NFS client (all of the IBM examples I found are for accessing NFS > mounts on the mainframe, not the other way around)? > Linkname: 3.2 "z/OS V1R7.0 Network File System Guide and Reference" URL: http://publibz.boulder.ibm.com/cgi-bin/bookmgr_OS390/BOOKS/CPN1CO31/3.2 Linkname: 3.2.1 Starting the z/OS NFS client URL: http://publibz.boulder.ibm.com/cgi-bin/bookmgr_OS390/BOOKS/CPN1CO31/3.2.1 Linkname: SHCMDDES.AUTOMOUNT.5 "z/OS V1R7.0 UNIX System Services Command Reference" URL: http://publibz.boulder.ibm.com/cgi-bin/bookmgr_OS390/BOOKS/BPXZA560/SHCMDDES.AUTOMOUNT.5 -- 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