Transfer multiple files from mainframe to PC.

[Pratima P]

Hi,

I have to transfer a number of files from mainframe to the hard disk on my PC. Can we do it using JCL with some FTP command or such a thing is possible from mainfrae-to-mainframe only?

[enrico-sorichetti]

speak to Your support to determine the procedure that should be used .

[Robert Sample]

Doing an FTP in JCL requires you to connect from the mainframe to a server. It is EXTREMELY rare that a desktop PC would be configured as a server since there are software and network issues that must be considered. Hence it is unlikely that what you want to do can be done at all. However, it is very easy to use FTP on the desktop PC to transfer data sets from a mainframe to the PC.

Whether or not you should do so, however, depends upon the situation. Most sites consider mainframe data sets to be owned by the organization and frown upon removing them from the secured and backed up mainframe environment. If you are wanting them on your desktop PC as an extra back up of them, as suggested elsewhere contact your site support group. If you are wanting them on your desktop PC because you consider them your personal property you should be aware that few sites would agree and most would take disciplinary action up to and including termination if such actions were discovered.