How to transfer a ZIP file from mainframe to PC

ayubjohnyshaik · New User Joined: 02 Feb 2006 Posts: 8 Location: singapore

hai,

WE NORMALLY USE 'OGET..' COMMAND ON MAINFRAME TO TANSFER A TEXT FILE...I AM TRYING TO TRANSFER OR EXTRACT A ZIPFILE FROM THE MAINFRAME..SO HOW COULD I FILE TRANFER THE ZIP FILE....IF A JCL IS REQUIRED FOR THE FILE TRANSER METHOD....HOW WILL IT BE LIKE??(I.e, I NEED A JCL FOR FILE TRANFER)

johny..

superk · Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2006 9:22 pm

How does this zip archive file exist? As an HFS file or as an MVS dataset?

Most PC 3270-emulation programs have a file transfer option built-in that use the IND$FILE transfer protocol. If that is not what you intend to use, then what DO you intend to use? Is the system you want to transfer the file to a Server with an active FTP server running?

ayubjohnyshaik · New User Joined: 02 Feb 2006 Posts: 8 Location: singapore

hai,

THE ZIP ARCHIVE FILE IS AN HFS FILE...I HAVE TRIED USING THE FILE TRANSFER OPTION BUILT-IN THAT USE THE IND$FILE PROTOCOL...
AND MORE OVER WHAT I WANT TO TRANSFER IS AN UNIX FILE WITH A BINARY OPTION.....SO WHEN I AM RECEIVING THE DATA,ITS BEING CORRUPTED....SO WHAT SHOULD I DO RETRIVE THE FULL DATA WITHOUT ANY CORRUPT...I THINK WE SHOULD CAN USE A JCL FOR SUCH FILE TRANSFER...BUT I DONT KNOW THAT JCL......CAN ANYBODY PLS HELP ME

JOHNY..

jon_s_rice · Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2006 8:42 am

FTP JCL:

//FTPSTEP EXEC PGM=FTP
//INPUT DD *
open ftp_url
binary
put '"outpdsn"'"
quit"
/*

Substitute URL of destination for ftp_url.
Supstitue file to be transfered for outpdsn

chandru_g · New User Joined: 07 Mar 2006 Posts: 5

Hi,

I guess you can use FTP to get the ZIP file from mainframes. Connect to mainframe using FTP and then try to get the file. I using FTP to get files from mainframes but never tried zip file, I feel this should work.