Thank you. And I just spotted the message telling me where the parms are coming from. Validated my thoughts.
Rex -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Gibney, Dave Sent: Tuesday, September 24, 2013 12:34 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: TCP/IP FTP client question Stops looking. Also, the location of the parameters used is reported in the ftp client log. > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of Pommier, Rex > Sent: Tuesday, September 24, 2013 9:32 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: TCP/IP FTP client question > > Hello list, > > I have what I think is a simple question on FTP client and server > options/parameters and overriding them. > > First a caveat - I don't know if I'm blind or just can't see... > > I found several locations in the documentation (and in the archives on IBM- > main) that talk about the search order for both the FTP client and server. > Here is the 'chart' for both. I'm assuming that running the FTP client in a > batch job would follow the same search order as under TSO. > > The FTP server search order is: > 1. A data set specified by the //SYSFTPD DD statement 2. > ftpserve_job_name.FTP.DATA 3. /etc/ftp.data 4. SYS1.TCPPARMS(FTPDATA) > 5. hlq.FTP.DATA data set > > TSO shell > 1. -f > 2. SYSFTPD DD statement > 3. tso_prefix.FTP.DATA > 4. userid.FTP.DATA > 5. /etc/ftp.data > 6. SYS1.TCPPARMS(FTPDATA) data > 7. tcpip_hlq.FTP.DATA file > > So I have found the search order several places, but nowhere could I find how > it actually works. Does the search stop after it finds something to override > the defaults or does the search find any/all the listed places it can and use > the > 'highest ranking' for each parameter? In other words, for example, if a batch > FTP client job has a //SYSFTPD DD statement, does it just stop looking and use > what's there and doesn't even bother looking to see if there's a /etc/ftp.data > file? I'm thinking that is the way it works (in fact that's the only way that > makes sense to me) but just want verification that I'm right - and if not, let > me know how it actually works. > > TIA, > > Rex > > The information contained in this message is confidential, protected from > disclosure and may be legally privileged. If the reader of this message is > not > the intended recipient or an employee or agent responsible for delivering this > message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any > disclosure, distribution, copying, or any action taken or action omitted in > reliance on it, is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have > received > this communication in error, please notify us immediately by replying to this > message and destroy the material in its entirety, whether in electronic or > hard copy format. Thank you. > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to > [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN The information contained in this message is confidential, protected from disclosure and may be legally privileged. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient or an employee or agent responsible for delivering this message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, distribution, copying, or any action taken or action omitted in reliance on it, is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by replying to this message and destroy the material in its entirety, whether in electronic or hard copy format. Thank you. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
