How Can I FTP A VSAM File to Local Drive..???

bhim_s · New User Joined: 19 Sep 2006 Posts: 46 Location: Australia

Hi!

Can anyone suggest me ... How can I FTP VSAM Files to local drive?

Bhim

William Thompson · Posted: Tue Feb 13, 2007 4:14 pm

I would think you will have to unload it to a sequential file first.

dick scherrer · Posted: Tue Feb 13, 2007 10:53 pm

Hello,

If you run an IDCAMS/Repro you can create a sequential file that will easily download.

If your vsam file contains packed decimal or binary data you will need to reformat your sequential file to edited zoned decimal. If you are downloading it to a pc or unix you may also need to create a "delimited" file for use on the target platform.

An easy to do this is to write a program that reads the vsam file and creates the output in a downloadable format. The program is bacically a vsam read, some moves (one for each field), and a write to a qsam output file.