On Mon, 12 May 2014 10:51:13 -0500, Dana Mitchell wrote: >Once uploaded binary to z/OS, the .bin file contains JCL to run the SCRTTOOL. > The object code consists of inline 80 byte ESD and TXT records passed via >SYSLIN to LOADER (along with some other paramter files). For ease of >testing/updating, we store the loader input in a pds member that is accessed >from our standard reporting job. Seems sort of retro, but it works. > OK. A few thoughts:
o The "jar" command can (probably) be used to extract the .zip, removing the requirement for a desktop system. o Extracting on z/OS provides verification over more of the transfer path, largely detecting problems caused by EBCDIC, code page, and newline conversion. o .bin is customarily reserved for DOS executables, which confused me. o Some transfer methods balk at .bin because of the threat of malware. o Yet some transfer methods are careful not to corrupt .bin files by reformatting, newline conversion, etc. -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
