Yes, there are things you can do if you are going from z/OS *to* z/OS. I usually do not, which is what always causes my FTP heartburn :)
David Logan -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John McKown Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2008 07:35 To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Export catalog by FTP On Thu, 25 Sep 2008 07:06:27 -0600, David Logan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I think you're going to have problems trying to FTP a RECFM=U dataset. I >think you need to either write it out as RECFM=FB, or use a utility like TSO >XMIT to turn it into a dataset that is easily FTP'd. > >David Logan >Manager of Product Development, Pitney Bowes Business Insight That is much easier. But using the "stru r" command does allow useful ftp'ing of non-FB datasets in binary mode between z/OS systems. Record structure transfers are very rare, but they are a part of the ftp spec. -- John ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
