Using command line ftp to submit to Marist.


You may transfer files between your PC and Marist with the ftp command.  These 
commands generally work with any command line version of ftp, DOS, Linux, Mac.

Before attempting to ftp a program to Marist, make sure you have successfully
looged into your Marist account with a standard 3270 terminal program such as 
VistaTN3270.


Because you may need to issue a few additional commands to correctly configure
the transfer, it is easier to use a command line version of ftp.

On a Windows system, run command.com to open a dos command line window.

On a Linux or MacOs system, start a terminal session.


Change to the directory in which you want to keep your mvs programs and 
retrieved output.


At the prompt, enter :

  ftp zos.kctr.marist.edu

When ftp prompts for your user id and password, enter the same kc_id and
password as you do with your preferred 3270 terminal emulator.


If you simple wish to transfer programs between your PC and your account 
at Marist : 

Use put to copy a file from your pc to Marist :

  put file_to_transfer


Use get to copy a file from Marist to your pc :

  get file_to_transfer


Use ls or dir to list files in your account at Marist.

  ls


Use del to delete name file from the Marist system.  

  del file_name 


Keep in mind, the default ftp transfer will move files between your 
local host and your allotted storage area on Marist. It will NOT submit
jobs to the job queue.

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If you wish to use ftp to submit a local file to be executed at Marist, you
need to run an additional command :

  quote site filetype=jes

This command tells Marist's ftp server to communicate any file handling 
commands to the job entry spooler rather than applying them to your working 
dataset storage. 

Now put will now transfer the program file to JES which will run the program if
it was written correctly.

  put my_prog.jcl


Use ls or dir to  list any jobs initiated by you and currently being held in 
the JESl output spoooler.

  ls 


Use get to fetch a copy of the currently held jobs in the JES output hold 
queue.

  get job####.x

The x is generally required and indicates all of the job's parts are to be
retrieved.

It may take a short time for the Mainframe to transfer all of the job to the
output hold queue, so give the system about 20 seconds before attempting to 
fetch the results.

To delete an old job from the output hold queue, use del.

  del job####


If you find a submitted job does not appear in the hold queue, or it appears
and then immediately disappears, check the 1st line, the job line, in your
program for errors.

If you find you cannot retrieve a job held in the output queue, again check
your job line. It this case, make sure the job id, your k_id is correct and
has the required pad character.

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To set the ftp session back to transfers between the PC and your stored 
dataset area, use :

  quote site filetype=seq

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It should be possible to submit and fetch jobs with a graphical version of
ftp, but you will have to find out how to provide the quote site commands.