In z/VM 5.3, part of RSCS is a priced feature, and part is included with
the base operating system. Check the announcement to see which part is
which. The OP didn't specify his VM release or whether he was on IFL's.
Sometimes, it's useful to take a step back from the problem. He asked
about preserving dates with FTP, but maybe he has an alternative to FTP
available that already preserves dates.
If he has cross-node SFS available, he can just COPYFILE with OLDDATE
and be done with it.
Dennis
"The popularity and effectiveness of modern anti-depressants is one of
the great challenges of contemporary dramaturgy. We no more want Willy
Loman to solve his problems with Prozac than we want Stanley and Stella
Kowalski to get air-conditioning." -- Playwriting 101
-----Original Message-----
From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of Stracka, James (GTI)
Sent: Friday, February 08, 2008 12:50
To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU
Subject: Re: [IBMVM] FTP - how can I preserve date & time?
Well, does not SENDFILE need RSCS? If one of the VMs is on IFL then you
need a Special Bid License for RSCS.
-----Original Message-----
From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of O'Brien, Dennis L
Sent: Friday, February 08, 2008 3:45 PM
To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU
Subject: Re: FTP - how can I preserve date & time?
Since this is a VM-to-VM transfer, why not use SENDFILE or cross-node
Shared File System instead of FTP? Either of those methods will
preserve the date and time.
Dennis
"The popularity and effectiveness of modern anti-depressants is one of
the great challenges of contemporary dramaturgy. We no more want Willy
Loman to solve his problems with Prozac than we want Stanley and Stella
Kowalski to get air-conditioning." -- Playwriting 101
-----Original Message-----
From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of Gary Eheman
Sent: Friday, February 08, 2008 10:51
To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU
Subject: Re: [IBMVM] FTP - how can I preserve date & time?
On Thu, 7 Feb 2008 09:15:59 -0600, Bob Henry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Is there any way to preserve file date & time when I ftp from one z/
VM to
>another z/VM?
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I would not use VMARC since you have to go somewhere to download it. A
needless dependency. There is already a perfectly good tool on every VM
system for doing the wrapping to an envelope and preserving dates. Since
this is a VM to VM situation that Bob posted about, I would say just go
ahead and use VMFPLCD (note "D", not "2").
vmfplcd dump fn ft env= my evelope a
(use wildcards if you want. See HELP VMFPLCD)
(copyfile pack it if you want)
FTP envelope file to target CMS
(copyfile unpack if you packed it)
vmfpld load * * env= my envelope
Mission accomplished without the dependency on a potentially unavailable
VMARC program. This still does not address the issue that something has
to
extract the file(s) from the envelope on the receiving end.
Now, you may get the old "VMFxxxx utilities are just intended for IBM's
u se" argument. That would seem weak in the face of an external
dependency, particularly if it works.
--
Gary Eheman
Fundamental Software, Inc.
www.funsoft.com
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