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[MY4114]

Does anyone have the steps/job to do a FTP/NDM in BATCH. Basically I need to upload a file from my PC to mainframes in a scheduled batch job. Would appreciate if you can share the code.

Thanks.

[Venkata Ramana Reddy]

FTP Batch job

[MY4114]

Thanks for the code. I have another question. Suppose we are using IND$FILE for file trasfer, is there a way to do it in batch?

[semigeezer]

no. IND$file must be initiated at the client side through an emulator attached to a logged in session. This topic is probably the most frequently discussed topic on various mainframe discussion lists, so you may want to go over to groups.google.com and do a few searches there. The gist of it is that there are many ways to do this (NFS, FTP, ISPF's client, email, etc) and you just need to decide which one is easiest or most secure for you. Most people find FTP to be the easiest, but none of them, save possibly for NFS, are very complicated.

[MY4114]

Thanks semigeezer and Venkata Ramana Reddy

[agredell]

Greetings!

Sorry to reply to such an old topic, but I can't find any answers when searching on this topic.

We have a need to send files to a vendor; they require that we use Secure FTP (SFTP) to do so, and we've just completed installing and configuring in MVS. My sysprog told me this morning that "the started task is running".

My requirement is to use a single batch job (if at all possible) in Z/OS (MVS, whatever) to create the flat files AND to transfer them, using Open SSH to do the file transfer.

I'm not clear on how to establish the connection to USS from Z/OS, and then what to invoke to create the files on the remote server. Do the commands look like regular FTP commands? What PGM= value is correct? EXEC PGM=FTP doesn't establish the connection.

Any help is appreciated! A sample JCL stream would be fantastic!
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Alan Gredell

[kolusu]

agredell,

You just need the following.