Is there any better way to download a PDS

salltm · New User Joined: 21 Aug 2008 Posts: 8 Location: china

hi .everyone.
i have coded a lot cobol Prog in a pds:' USER.COBOL.SRC(*)'
when i want to backup a copy in my PC.. i have to select all the member to download ..
is there any better way to download a PDS.
can i use some JCL utility to convert a PDS to a SDS ,then it can be download easily..(and the jcl to convert SDS to PDS)
thanks..

Robert Sample · Posted: Fri Dec 05, 2008 8:41 am

You could FTP the PDS to a directory on your PC using MGET.
You could use XMITIP or similar tool to send the PDS as a binary file to your PC but the members won't be usable.
You could use IEBCOPY to unload the PDS to a sequential file and transfer that to your PC, but again the members won't be usable.

salltm · New User Joined: 21 Aug 2008 Posts: 8 Location: china

When i use the IEBCOPY ,is there some way to recover the sequential file (which i used to download ) to PDS..

thank your for your reply

dick scherrer · Posted: Fri Dec 05, 2008 9:22 am

Hello,

If you intend to move the code back and forth between platforms, i would recommend you do as suggested and download the entire pds to some directory on your pc/server.

This need not be the tedious task you mention. It can be done with a single command or one click of your desktop ftp product.

To use the iebcopy file, you would need to transfer the entire file back to the mainframe and restore from there.

I routinely download entire pds's and am able to selectively copy back to the mainframe or anywhere else with very little effort.

Robert Sample · Posted: Fri Dec 05, 2008 5:38 pm

AFAIK, there is no PC tool to recreate a PDS from an IEBCOPY unloaded sequential file. This file can be reloaded into a PDS using IEBCOPY on a mainframe, but I think you're out of luck if you want the members available on a PC.

Aaru · Posted: Fri Dec 05, 2008 5:46 pm

expat · Posted: Fri Dec 05, 2008 6:05 pm

IEBPTPCH produces a file that can be downloaded as a .txt file, allowing you to upload only sections if you want to, but don't forget to get rid of the CC byte in cc1

UmeySan · Posted: Fri Dec 05, 2008 6:13 pm

Hi salltm !

What is the real need of doing this. I assume, you leaving a company and
you start a new job at an other company. That's allways my intension, when i'm doing that. Fastest way is to use ADRDSSU utillity to dump all
my user-libs to a magnetic tape or cassette and take that with me to the next company and restore it there.

Precondition: Having access to operating.

Nice Weekend !

superk · Posted: Fri Dec 05, 2008 8:24 pm

Use PKZIP to zip the whole PDS into a single .zip archive file.

salltm · New User Joined: 21 Aug 2008 Posts: 8 Location: china

PKZIP ?
what is this .. JCL utility ?

Robert Sample · Posted: Sat Dec 06, 2008 8:54 am

PKZIP is a program that must be paid for on the mainframe; it allows creation on the mainframe of ZIP archive files that can be moved to a PC and then the files in the archive can be extracted.

dick scherrer · Posted: Sat Dec 06, 2008 9:02 am

Hello,

If you ZIP the entire pds on the mainframe (rather than the individual members as separate files), you will probably not be able to use the file once unzipped on the windows system.

Creating the files of the individual members on the mainframe so they can be zipped is just a waste of time.

gcicchet · Posted: Sat Dec 06, 2008 3:02 pm

Hi,

I usually use the TRANSMIT commnad in batch to UNLOAD the PDS to a sequential file, then IND$FILE GET to send it to my PC and burn it to a CD.

When required back onto the mainframe, I use IND$FILE PUT to a sequential file and then use the RECEIVE command to restore the partitioned data set to its original format.

Gerry