On Thu, 25 Sep 2008 07:50:10 -0500, John McKown wrote: > >If you are going z/OS to z/OS, you should be able to: > >bin >stru r >quote site pri=? sec=? cylinders >put dfdss.file > >Note that you don't need to specify the LRECL, BLKSIZE, and RECFM in this >case because the z/OS ftp client sends that automagically. Also, you don't >use the "quote" on the "stru r" because there is z/OS on both sides and so >both sides need to be set to record mode. Most non z/OS systems (OK, Windows >and Linux) don't understand record mode transfers, so the "quote" prefix is >required so that they don't get confused. > And, regrettably, AFAIK, there's no way to do this with only z/OS clients and "most non z/OS" servers because the client will send "STRU R" to the server which rejects it and the client fails.
There ought to be the useful "LOCSITE STRU R" or such, to perform this asymmetrical transfer equally well with the client(s) on the z/OS side. Would AMATERSE be an effective alternative? Wishlist item: coupling AMATERSE to FTP via a POSIX pipe to eliminate the need for local disk storage for the TERSEd file. FTP will deal with pipes via the //DD construct, but AMATERSE refuses to write to them (though it may be tricked into reading from them). -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
