rsyncport is available on z/open tools site.- https://github.com/ZOSOpenTools
On Sat, Jul 29, 2023 at 2:01 AM Rick Troth <tro...@gmail.com> wrote: > And for my next question: what about RSYNC? > I don't see it mentioned on the Co:Z web site. Didn't find it on > Rocket's web site either. > I thought I heard a rumor about someone porting it, but I also don't see > it under the z/OS Open Tools GitHub repository. > > RSYNC is the tool of choice for bulk file transfer on Linux, most Unix, > MacOS, even Windoze (via CYGWIN, maybe WSL1). > Stealing verbiage from Lionel, it would be impossible to speak too > highly about RSYNC as a general tool for maintaining file hierarchies. > The gotcha for z/OS would be ASCII/EBCDIC mixing, similar problem for > those who use NFS between USS and other systems. > > -- R; <>< > > > On 7/28/23 11:38, Tom Brennan wrote: > > Sounds great! I've never used Co:Z, but I always assumed it was a mod > > to the open source SSH code, with a new listening STC. Interesting to > > see John's note about it using IBM's SSH processing. I'm not sure I > > would have thought of that simple idea myself. > > > > Conversations in the past went like this: > > User: Does the mainframe support sftp? > > Tom: Sure! > > User: Ok, so I can sftp PROD.PAYROLL to our Linux app. > > Tom: Sure! But... um... > > > > On 7/28/2023 8:01 AM, Lionel B. Dyck wrote: > >> It would be impossible to speak to highly about Co:Z - and not just > >> about their sftp server enhancement but also their other tools. They > >> have provided what IBM should have. > >> > >> Check the license - it's free with some restrictions. And they offer > >> a full support contract as well (which I would encourage you to > >> consider if you're going to use it in production if only to support > >> this great company). > >> > >> > >> Lionel B. Dyck <>< > >> Website: https://www.lbdsoftware.com > >> Github: https://github.com/lbdyck > >> > >> “Worry more about your character than your reputation. Character is > >> what you are, reputation merely what others think you are.” - - - > >> John Wooden > >> > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On > >> Behalf Of John S. Giltner, Jr. > >> Sent: Friday, July 28, 2023 9:58 AM > >> To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > >> Subject: Re: Preferred FTP Client for Windows > >> > >> Co:Z SFTP only talks SSH/SFTP. It sits "on top" of IBM's ported > >> OpenSSH. So you need IBM's OpenSSH installed. > >> > >> To get/put z/OS files you do need to use some special command such as > >> to put a text file with LRECL=80 and fixed block to z/OS > >> > >> ls /+mode=text,lrecl=80,recmf=fb,blksize=0,space=trk.1.1 > >> put //!ZOS.FILE.NAME > >> > >> To get a z/OS file that is text: > >> > >> ls /+mode=text > >> get //ZOS.FILE.NAME > >> > >> To do binary it would be ls /+mode=binary. > >> > >> For OMVS files the get/put are just like any other *nix host. If the > >> files are in EBCDIC you need the ls /+mode=text. If they are binary > >> or in ASCII you use /+mode=binary/ > >> > >> Co:Z does have a config file where you can set defaults for mode, > >> lrecl, blksize and everything else so you don't have to specify the > >> parameters every time if you know what you going to be using most of > >> the time. > >> > >> You can also use Co:Z as a client on z/OS to send/get files from > >> other SFTP servers. > >> > >> On Fri, 28 Jul 2023 10:25:34 -0400, Rick Troth <tro...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> > >>> This is great to hear, John. Thanks. > >>> > >>> For people like me, who need excruciating clarity, you're saying that > >>> the SERVER in the Co:Z product groks traditional datasets as well as > >>> USS files. Correct? Fantastic! > >>> That means one can use a variety of clients, specifically several which > >>> go via SSH. Is that also correct? > >>> > >>> You mention SFTP which is FTP-like behavior using SSH under the covers. > >>> Contrast with FTPS which is traditional FTP but with SSL/TLS added. > >>> I'm keen on the former because it uses a single channel. Though I much > >>> prefer a one-shot command in any case, and 'scp' does that (and runs > >>> via SSH like 'sftp'). > >>> > >>> Does the Co:Z server speak both SSH (for SFTP) and traditional FTP? > >>> > >>> -- R; <>< > >>> > >>> > >>> On 7/28/23 07:34, John S. Giltner, Jr. wrote: > >>>> I use sftp with Co:Z SFTP installed on the z/OS side. It allows > >>>> access to z/OS files as well as OMVS files. Where as OpenSSH on > >>>> z/OS only allows access to OMVS files. > >>>> > >>>> Under Windows you can use WSL, Putty, Cygwin, or any other CLI sftp > >>>> product. I use Cygwin most of the time. > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> On Wed, 26 Jul 2023 16:06:52 -0500, Steve Estle <sest...@gmail.com> > >>>> wrote: > >>>> > >>>>> Hello All, > >>>>> > >>>>> 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? > >>>>> > >>>>> Thanks for everyone's thoughts and input. > >>>>> > >>>>> Steve Estle > >>>>> steven.es...@peraton.com > >>>>> > >>>>> -------------------------------------------------------------------- > >>>>> -- 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 > >>> > >>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >>> 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 > >> > >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> 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 > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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
