No one's going to like this answer, but for mainframe file transfers I do just fine with plain Windows-included FTP. Granted I use it mostly for transferring code - data only occasionally and that over VPN.
For ordinary purposes I use MyFTP.txt to hold the commands; it's easy to modify and to store temporarily unneeded GETs and PUTs below the QUIT command, like this: put talias.rexmvs CLIST(ALIAS) get GEN.JCL(TALIAS) "..\otherfolder\TALIAS.txt" quit get spufi.out Auths DBAG.txt If I need to handle a lot of files, I can always generate a long set of GET or PUT commands programmatically. I execute using a .bat file that assumes the target IP and my user ID, asks for my password, creates a full -s command file, then deletes it all after the session so my password doesn't stay out there: @echo off set myaid=<user ID> set mycmd=MyFTP.txt set mytmp=MyFTP1.txt echo open nnn.nn.nnn.nn>%mytmp% echo %myaid%>>%mytmp% set /p MyPsw=Enter password for %myaid%: echo %mypsw%>>%mytmp% set mypsw= type %mycmd%>>%mytmp% echo quit>>%mytmp% ftp -s:%mytmp% del %mytmp% set myaid= set mycmd= set mytmp= pause --- Bob Bridges, robhbrid...@gmail.com, cell 336 382-7313 /* Never do today what you can do tomorrow. Something may occur to make you regret your premature action. -Aaron Burr */ -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On Behalf Of Steve Estle Sent: Wednesday, July 26, 2023 17:07 I work in a secure government environment and moving files up and down from the mainframe (especially traditional ZOS datasets) is a 'xxxx' pita with Winscp and everything I read (including IBMMAIN archives) is that tool is just plain dumb when it comes to datasets with standard ZOS HLQ's. I'm trying to do a non-scientific poll - what is the preferred FTP client to run on Windows platform out there everyone is using that you are happy with and can easily navigate to either traditional ZOS HLQ dataset or Unix System Services files. Of course freeware is preferred if user friendly. I know there is Filezilla but not sure it is much better than Winscp? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
