I see that it also handles AWS :-)
-- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 ________________________________________ From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] on behalf of Robert Prins [rob...@prino.org] Sent: Saturday, January 30, 2021 2:29 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Inspecting and extracting from /OS transportable files on other platforms? On 2021-01-29 16:44, Seymour J Metz wrote: > XMIT is not supported on all platforms. Other formats, e.g., tar, zip, are > nigh near universal. The XMIT format is with a high degree of certainty supported on every platform that has Java: <https://secure-web.cisco.com/16WWy-0-gt4g_mjKyEwhkIqGWo9KaNdMHHzjweR84JmITS-fJxoXOObrPIArwZ2644pdB_Y9vXCauJNEn0ayoMpSzb1SXbWOvaRPf6EEG-rUxuhfYsgFKGACLjVbP5KPK3XEx8pfb9YA0ZPGF6fiTej2kd0u-r1oag9h7P9XfXSSYeKUpwTXBjyJODnZb26uFG2_w36oXH8X5tz93VSSTll3E7hfG8mhyGMxzoF5Z0OhvNpIILKJUlMjhzwTaU1YEfL3TikZ41D9fP_fsDxcbv8QADWHLlU5exeOeonYeSNANBg5NKRZCRaJBScYiXnXC9tJaUn5o2S8jsVrZF7odf4Vp3an1Bk9n2_MJH3XLC42z7hlYzjCyFr_fqt13b-of5Po7iBLpJgcB_sz0-RUOiieDMjjrBuxKyL07LlppXN7WgqEpwZTa52kqr4Rb9hRka1k7rfM7fIqFtkDsnJjMyQ/https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2Fdmolony%2FXmit>, and I'm sure the C version on the CBTTape site (File # 776) will compile on any system, although that program can only handle PDS'es. > FTP of a PDS won't preserve all of the data. Does Info-Zip include all of > the directory information? Also, FTP raises the issues of binary data and > code pages. Not just FTP. IND$FILE and the WSA have the same problems. Robert -- Robert AH Prins robert(a)prino(d)org The hitchhiking grandfather - https://secure-web.cisco.com/1pv_BExGlhLZXiOFWSYqHo-06BzGoPv4zniVm2gqSILrmijDWZhfdZ0i7vHFu0LI5lnLwgXCFhDvYX2Gauxc1sx1d6wUtAyIJW1VcmnISBTA1dyWOhQ16iVolc4IgGRGFybk7IcSNntqYqvlrL0kIdkb1TFXPryjn9-RF8NdLkPTWZzVjbKgdrnpq4bw2PpDenAfRy5SKVJbVD_lU0LkPKEMgmmjTAZgYA_2RIDonvUb5rMxZfNhru6KUlANsT8WruR4_4DpBDiWZFCFj_uXqLBrtfJKp7IvzavdAuCsXm1HLACX8tG6vKfXYb0qNLNXxUNxzF3HgcXRQS5fqEDngat3jypz2bTkVR-Uvi2g02tIa5mw8PmMIDQ1dJNLzxtWj50fPsVb5Sq295XBKS2yfg4vR5GA8zsKHgfP3UEO-zojzkz9Zj8oN01gMRR2xEdsQcN8-e1EPUNFcF_mnyhmOcg/https%3A%2F%2Fprino.neocities.org%2Findez.html Some REXX code for use on z/OS - https://secure-web.cisco.com/1dmwoUmiKVwhkMfwrWpgXiP2wM3i-OC-n7vKuYrPHuwO_2gblPNBJUSMXDYhckHyxdzIK2gQkpnG2r-l2FtN7bHwKcWUbjzn3DgsRhEPEGtiP5erj2vlFT7ohGKIQQY5ciuFFEXv0GnocY2F5aLTqKTBLjT-9x8y_c6BCvzAdtaPRKfMnK_Q8EuATrJ_8G2SR0kmyOlcZbAqs5g7h20UkuBWwhb56LdVq8TD_itAHxwci8d4H9o5kX0lV12-vew146DTUvx21-0k0maNUNzdIi1yQRZkDY7EOSkt0Ep2-nAtD_OwvnBzZQYaPsb8Wvs0KB3QOwUQVeH6Z1aYp_9BfDLHC5nKbMRiHPf6Ol5olYz29rOeXpu-DXcQ0vrosgm4K-7tWyluuI7_icTdEpoqmLc_d2skAy2KzXbVovTiH5dRo6ky1vdGMELLnhHB1iUB3U_L69bdMUaR2lAhceIv7wA/https%3A%2F%2Fprino.neocities.org%2FzOS%2FzOS-Tools.html > ________________________________________ > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] on behalf of > Brian Westerman [brian_wester...@syzygyinc.com] > Sent: Friday, January 29, 2021 3:36 AM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: Inspecting and extracting from /OS transportable files on other > platforms? > > I think I would use transmit format for transporting things between systems, > it's easily transportable and common no matter where you go and is even > usable on a desktop PC. > > The other thing you can do (which I personally do) is simply FTP the PDS's > and sequential files directly to your PC (on a USB drive) in ASCII format. I > do this weekly, rotating the encrypted USB drive that I have on my keychain > so that if it's broken or lost (that's why I encrypt), I can just get the > previous one. My USB drives are pre-encrypted with Bitlocker so I really > don't have to do much (ever). Previously I used to use those little USB > drives with the combination lock built in to them, but they are very > unreliable (and slow). So now, when fast USB drives go on sale at Amazon, I > always buy several. I like the sandisk 256GB ones because a) they are fast, > and more importantly b) they have a lifetime warranty. > > I have a batch file that I run to do this. I plug in my USB drive and start > the batch file and go get a diet coke. > > I'm thinking about moving the process to one of the ruggedized external NVMe > drives. I'm currently testing the new Sabrent 2TB one and it's VERY fast > (1Gb+/sec) and is small enough to easily fit in a pocket. Plus being > ruggedized it's waterproof and drop-proof (so far). The sandisk drives > typically load at around 140MB/s, but the Sabrent drive is almost 10 times > faster. > > The reason I want 2TB is that I would like to keep a whole Disaster recovery > system on that drive (DF/DSS unloaded virtual tapes). At the faster speed, > it's actually not a bad process, I just need to work out the kinks a little > bit more so that I can automate it. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
