Click the Options/Options menu and the Misc tab, and there's an option
there in the File Transfer Settings named Blocksize. I probably need to
rename it because it isn't BLKSIZE, it's the I/O buffer size between
mainframe and client.
That defaults to 2500 which is leftover from 1998. I've found if I set
that to, say 25000, my transfers run about 10 times faster (well, I
never really measured, but it really helps). So check for that and bump
up the number (a lot) if it's 2500 or so.
On 5/1/2021 4:27 PM, Mike Hochee wrote:
I think there is a lot to like about Vista TN3270, price per seat being just
one of many.
However I do rely on IND$FILE quite regularly and found it to be rather
sluggish using OOTB defaults. Hopefully there exists a buffer size adjustment
or some other setting which improves throughput in this area.
Tom if your still following this conversation, would appreciate any IND$FILE
speed-up suggestions either to this list or privately.
Thanks much,
Mike
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Pan Skorupka, I'm not sure whether I'm about to agree or disagree about FTP. I
use FTP as much as possible for file transfer, but I don't understand why a
terminal emulator needs it built in: What's wrong with just using Windows FTP
and MVS FTP? Which is maybe what you're saying.
One reason I like FTP so much is that IND$FILE can be so clunky if you have
more than one or two files to transfer. Most emulators provide a way to set up
multiple transfers, but only manually - that is, I have to add each file to the
collection, one at a time. How is that better than doing the file transfer one
at a time. Unless I'm going to be doing the same transfers many times, of
course, but that's never the case, for me. What I really want is to set up a
list of 40 or 50 filenames, and provide that list to the utility. I can do
that with native FTP. I've done it for IND$FILE, too, but only by manually
creating a multiple-file transfer containing three or four filenames, then
analyzing the instructions it saved and writing a program that reproduced that
proprietary format for my 40 or 50. It's worth the trouble only when I'm
starting out at a new client that doesn't support the mainframe FTP server, and
I need to load my REXX tools.
So when you write "scriptable IND$FILE", my ears perk up. Someone tell me
more, please.
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I don't care about ftp client. In fact I have never used a client delivered
with PCOMM or Nexus. Reasons? a) ftp CLI is enough for me, b) there are plenty
of ftp clients, some of them quite sophisticated like Filezilla.
However I much appreciate PCOMM features related to IND$FILE. Not very clear
for newbies, awfully translated to Polish, but really useful and last but not
least: scriptable! There are simple SRL (text) scripts for mass unload/upload.
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