|
View previous topic :: View next topic
|
| Author |
Message |
Ronny John
New User
Joined: 30 Mar 2010
Posts: 33
Location: USA
|
|
|
|
Hi,
I have a requirement to send a file to an external vendor, they need to have two dates in the file name of the file being FTP-ed; one is the process date and the second date is 2 months from the process date(1st day of the second month)....for eg if i run an FTP today....the file name would be XXX_082812_YYYY_100112. Please let me know how this can be achieved? Can this be done using EZACFSM1? |
|
| Back to top |
|
 |
dick scherrer
Moderator Emeritus
Joined: 23 Nov 2006
Posts: 19244
Location: Inside the Matrix
|
|
|
|
Hello,
Suggest some code that will generate all of the needed ftp control statements and write them into a dataset. Then the ftp process simply reads the control statements and sends the file.
To generate the control statements sort, rexx, COBOL, or any tool that is used on your system.. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
hailashwin
New User
Joined: 16 Oct 2008
Posts: 74
Location: Boston
|
|
|
|
Looks like the same question in a different form which was moved to FAQ & Off Topics, yesterday
ibmmainframes.com/viewtopic.php?t=59297
If you are planning to use cobol, search for BPXWDYN which would dynamically allocate files after you have a logic in place to get the current date and 2 months after the current date. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Anuj Dhawan
Superior Member
Joined: 22 Apr 2006
Posts: 6250
Location: Mumbai, India
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
dick scherrer
Moderator Emeritus
Joined: 23 Nov 2006
Posts: 19244
Location: Inside the Matrix
|
|
|
|
Hello,
| Quote: |
| If you are planning to use cobol, search for BPXWDYN which would dynamically allocate files after you have a logic in place to get the current date and 2 months after the current date. |
There is nothing in the question relating to dynamic file allocation. . .
Unless i totally missed the the question, what is wanted is a way to place these dates in the filename to be sent to the "external vendor".
Why might you believe dynamic file allcation would be of use? |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
hailashwin
New User
Joined: 16 Oct 2008
Posts: 74
Location: Boston
|
|
|
|
| Quote: |
| ...for eg if i run an FTP today....the file name would be XXX_082812_YYYY_100112. Please let me know how this can be achieved? |
...maybe I got this wrong, or tried to relate the earlier post by the same user with this one ibmmainframes.com/viewtopic.php?t=59297
I was under the impression that the TS had problem creating the file with two different dates in the file name and then FTP'ing it. Please correct me if I got this wrong.
If that was the problem, I thought it would be okay to create the data file using BPXWDYN and a FTP control card(having the dynamic file name) in the same cobol program. A FTP step following it would transmit the file. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
dick scherrer
Moderator Emeritus
Joined: 23 Nov 2006
Posts: 19244
Location: Inside the Matrix
|
|
|
|
Hello,
Yup, i believe you "got it wrong".
If i understand (and i might not) the goal is to create a value of "XXX_082812_YYYY_100112" to be the file name mentioned as the file on the target system.
It does not relate to a file on the mainframe which is what "dynamic allocaton" deals with.
So far we have heard nothing from Ron . . . |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
|
|
