Help in FTP a PDS.

[utkarsh]

I need to FTP an entire PDS. I have successfully done the FTP for a file but how to go for a PDS?

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???.??.???.?? (exit=40 
userid 
passwd 
cd foldername 
put 'THE.PDS(*)' 
quit 

PDS has 70+ memebers. Could you please help me with this?

[nicc]

What environment are you FTPing to?

[enrico-sorichetti]

the operating system used on the local and remote are pretty much irrelevant for the FTP logic
( given that both support the same data types )

on the system where You are issuing the FTP command - the local system

cd to the directory where You want to carry on the operation ( get/put)

remember that on ZOS a PDS can be seen from the unix side as a directory

cd /first_qalifier
cd second_qualifier
cd ... ...

issue an ls command and You will see the member list

issue the ftp command

now the ftp shell is on the remote file system

as You have done on the local system
issue the commands

cd /first_qalifier
cd second_qualifier
cd ... ...

prompt

mget *
or
mput *

as needed

...

You can even FTP load modules between systems

[nicc]

And if the output is wanted on Windoze? It doesn't know about PDSes.

[enrico-sorichetti]

same logic Nic!

a PDS name is logically equivalent to a PATH

ENRICO.ISPF.EXECS

could be mapped to ( Linux/Darwin ) - absolute
/ENRICO/ISPF/EXECS

or wanting to respect the PREFIX logic ( LINUX Notation )
$HOME/ISPF/EXECS

where $HOME is the path for the user things
/home/enrico on linux
/Users/enrico on Darwin

and the members would just be files in directory

but really what counts is the equivalence on the MVS side
on the PC no need to have a formal structure of the path

[utkarsh]

Ithink I was missing the double quotes around the PDS name. Giving them it worked for me.

[RSchreiber]

I recommend that you try WS*FTP. It works really well with z/OS and z/VM. It is not free, but well worth the money.

http://http://www.ipswitchft.com/ws-ftp-client

I have no relationship with this company. Just a happy user.

[RSchreiber]

In my previous post I recommended WS*FTP. Its a fine product but its not what I use with z/OS and z/VM.

I use Filezilla and its free.

"Nevermind"

[Anuj Dhawan]

In my previous post I recommended WS*FTP. Its a fine product but its not what I use with z/OS and z/VM.

I use Filezilla and its free.

Are you saying that you use Filezilla for FTP, with zOS and windows? I've not tried Filezilla with zOS but if it is allowed at your shop, it's a very interesting preposition!