On Saturday 09 Aug 2008, McKown, John wrote:
> I just had one of my flashes of "insight" (or is that "insanity"?).
> Anyway, this whole thing about using the 3270 interface is for when
> TCPIP access is not possible for some reason. Many want to use the
> various "full screen" editors to fix some files. So, my insight is this:
> how difficult would it be to implement an IND$FILE file transfer program
> in z/Linux? I know that there are "clients" which run on Windows and
> MS-DOS. IND$FILE allows for file upload/download via the 3270 data
> stream. So, if we could write a "server" that would run on z/Linux and a
> "client" to run on our desktop, we could then "download" the file(s)
> that we need to edit; edit them on our desktop; then upload them back to
> z/Linux.
>
> What say?
>
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> John McKown
> Senior Systems Programmer
> HealthMarkets
> Keeping the Promise of Affordable Coverage
> Administrative Services Group
> Information Technology
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