Re: Problem with FTP into a PDS

2015-08-13 Thread Bill Ashton
I found that it was easier to get a directory listing and run it through a quick little program to generate the individual FTP commands - then I didn't have to worry about anything and could more easily control the outcome. This has been a good discussion, and I am so glad for all your contribution

AW: Re: Problem with FTP into a PDS

2015-08-12 Thread Peter Hunkeler
I'm not a big fan of the "Irisch commands" (OEDIT, OGET, etc.), but for the problem at hand, OGETX with the SUFFIX() operand might be useful. All suffices must be the same, and the remaining name must be a valid member name. -- Peter Hunkeler --

Re: Problem with FTP into a PDS

2015-08-05 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Wed, 5 Aug 2015 11:18:17 -0500, John McKown wrote: >On Wed, Aug 5, 2015 at 9:13 AM, Bill Ashton wrote: >> >> I will try the Unix directory, as I can't rename the source files (I have >> read only access). >> If you really need them in a PDS (why?), you can: o rename them ad lib. in the UNIX d

Re: Problem with FTP into a PDS

2015-08-05 Thread John McKown
On Wed, Aug 5, 2015 at 11:32 AM, Boris Lenz wrote: > On Wed, August 5, 2015 18:18, John McKown wrote: > > Once in z/OS, you can do something like the following at a UNIX prompt. > > He wants to do it in z/OS batch anyway, so the whole thing can be done in > one job. > > You had s missing ) in you

Re: Problem with FTP into a PDS

2015-08-05 Thread Boris Lenz
On Wed, August 5, 2015 18:18, John McKown wrote: > Once in z/OS, you can do something like the following at a UNIX prompt. He wants to do it in z/OS batch anyway, so the whole thing can be done in one job. You had s missing ) in your snippet. To also clean up: for i in *.BIN;do cp -T ${i} "//my.

Re: Problem with FTP into a PDS

2015-08-05 Thread John McKown
On Wed, Aug 5, 2015 at 9:13 AM, Bill Ashton wrote: > Sorry for the holes in my description...I do issue the BIN command right > below my login - missed that in my cut/paste. I am on z/OS 2.1, and trying > to do this in FTP batch mode. > > MGET does not allow a from/to filename...it only works wit

Re: Problem with FTP into a PDS

2015-08-05 Thread retired mainframer
(temporary) directory. >-Original Message- >From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] >On Behalf Of Bill Ashton >Sent: Wednesday, August 5, 2015 6:45 AM >To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU >Subject: Problem with FTP into a PDS > >This group has been

Re: Problem with FTP into a PDS

2015-08-05 Thread Bill Ashton
Sorry for the holes in my description...I do issue the BIN command right below my login - missed that in my cut/paste. I am on z/OS 2.1, and trying to do this in FTP batch mode. MGET does not allow a from/to filename...it only works with LCD, and will use the filename on the MGET command. I will

Re: Problem with FTP into a PDS

2015-08-05 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Wed, 5 Aug 2015 09:51:10 -0400, Bill Ashton wrote: >As a side note, I can do the mget into a single PS file, but I would like >to have them in a PDS if possible. > Or you could MGET them into a z/OS UNIX directory, where the naming rules are far more liberal: ... LCD /u/my/fixes .

Re: Problem with FTP into a PDS

2015-08-05 Thread Elardus Engelbrecht
Ed Finnell wrote: >Sorry about the dinger. Trying to do too many things at once Chop them 'dingers' off! All ten of them! Oh, you may have a practical problem with your hands after that... ;-) Groete / Greetings Elardus Engelbrecht --

Re: Problem with FTP into a PDS

2015-08-05 Thread Elardus Engelbrecht
Bill Ashton wrote: >I am trying to download a group of fixes from our server into a PDS, What are you using to do the FTP? Batch? 3th party product? Programmatically? >150 Opening ASCII mode data connection for /bin/ls. ASCII for binaries? >EZA1685W Invalid local file identifier >EZA1735I S

Re: Problem with FTP into a PDS

2015-08-05 Thread Pommier, Rex
This is just a SWAG, but can you do "mget *.BIN * (REPLACE"? -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Bill Ashton Sent: Wednesday, August 05, 2015 8:45 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Problem with FTP

Re: Problem with FTP into a PDS

2015-08-05 Thread Nims,Alva John (Al)
r 3 Information Technology University of Florida (352) 273-1298 -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Bill Ashton Sent: Wednesday, August 05, 2015 9:55 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Problem with FTP into a PDS

Re: Problem with FTP into a PDS

2015-08-05 Thread Ed Finnell
ws_ftp is pretty straight forward available at _www.ipswitchft.com_ (http://www.ipswitchft.com) Sorry about the dinger. Trying to do too many things at once In a message dated 8/5/2015 8:54:41 A.M. Central Daylight Time, bill00ash...@gmail.com writes: Sorry...my mistake...instead of

Re: Problem with FTP into a PDS

2015-08-05 Thread Bill Ashton
Sorry...my mistake...instead of a single file, I created individual files for each fix...this is not what I wanted... On Wed, Aug 5, 2015 at 9:51 AM, Bill Ashton wrote: > As a side note, I can do the mget into a single PS file, but I would like > to have them in a PDS if possible. > > B > > On W

Re: Problem with FTP into a PDS

2015-08-05 Thread Ed Finnell
In a message dated 8/5/2015 8:54:41 A.M. Central Daylight Time, bill00ash...@gmail.com writes: Sorry...my mistake...instead of a single file, I created individual files for each fix...this is not what I wanted... -- For IB

Re: Problem with FTP into a PDS

2015-08-05 Thread Lizette Koehler
> -Original Message- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] > On Behalf Of Bill Ashton > Sent: Wednesday, August 05, 2015 6:45 AM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: Problem with FTP into a PDS > > This group has been so helpful to me in th

Re: Problem with FTP into a PDS

2015-08-05 Thread Bill Ashton
As a side note, I can do the mget into a single PS file, but I would like to have them in a PDS if possible. B On Wed, Aug 5, 2015 at 9:45 AM, Bill Ashton wrote: > This group has been so helpful to me in the last couple weeks, and I hope > for one more victory! > > I am trying to download a gro

Problem with FTP into a PDS

2015-08-05 Thread Bill Ashton
This group has been so helpful to me in the last couple weeks, and I hope for one more victory! I am trying to download a group of fixes from our server into a PDS, to do some reporting on it. I am not sure what my problem is, but let me explain the commands I am using. CD the file server LCD