FTP multiple files from local machine to mainframe.

dhanashreeakhade · New User Joined: 11 Mar 2008 Posts: 5 Location: pune

Hi,

I have to FTP more than 50 files from local machine to m/f. The corresponding files in mainframe needs to have different lrecls, so I can not move the files in bulk.
I am ftping all files manually 1 by 1 by giving the required lrecl each time.

Can u please suggest me any way that I can use to automate this transfer process?

Thanks,
Dhanashree.

superk

You're not giving us much to go on.

1. Why do the datasets have have different LRECL's? Can't they all be the same size, or changed afterward. Or, why can't they all be variable-length datasets?

2. Are you looking to push (server to M/F) the files or pull (M/F from server) the files? Either you need to write the JCL for FTP to pull the files, or a script for the server to push the files.

dick scherrer · Posted: Thu Mar 27, 2008 8:17 pm Post subject:

Hello,

XOpen · New User Joined: 19 Mar 2008 Posts: 25 Location: Russia

Well, I will not call it automation, but it will be better than 1 by 1:
You have to download Seagull FTP, it's free. Key you can get after registartion on it's home site.

Seagull FTP - is a graphic FTP client. It has native MVS support, so you can browse MVS files as well as USS files.
1. You can select many files and copy them by one click
2. If you copy them into preallocated files, all DSORG will stay the same. To PDS/PDSE without problems at all.
3. It thinks that Qalifier is like a directory, so you can start from USERID. and go further by clicking needed dataset and you can go back by 1 level at any time.
4. You can delete and rename same way as in Window.

Beleive, it's an amaizing tool!

dhanashreeakhade · New User Joined: 11 Mar 2008 Posts: 5 Location: pune

Thanks For the useful info. I will check how it helps to solve my pbm.

Thanks again

Dhanashree.