Re: Using FTP to submit job to JES2

On 10-Sep-2014 09:51 -0500, Laine, Rogers wrote:

I would like to define a physical file(CRTPF) with 80 byte records
RCDLEN(80) size then edit the file to define the JCL statements.
Once I create the file what method do I use to add the JCL
statements.
I have tried STRSEU and STRPDM without much success.

Once I have the JCL in the file I plan on doing FTP using....
FTP RMTSYS('1.2.3.4')
BIN
LCD SYSTEMS
SITE FILETYPE=JES
PUT JCLFILE
QUIT

The above worked but failed because the file was over 80 bytes and
the job on JES failed.

Others have mentioned Edit File (EDTF), but each failed to mention specifically that the FILE() parameter should be used versus the STMF() parameter to name\identify the member; the editor honors the Fixed Length Record concept only when the member is identified using the FILE() and MBR() parameters, else the data typed into the editor is treated as a text stream with record delimiters.

FWiW: since the S/38, the typical way to edit purely text data in a flat file was to use the SEU against a source physical file member with the text data, and then copy the source into the undescribed file using the Copy File (CPYF) utility. The Format Option (FMTOPT) parameter of CPYF has a Convert Between Source And Data special value *CVTSRC that allows copying the text data between a source PFM and a data PFM; e.g. CPYF PFSRC_RL92 PFDTA_RL80 FMTOPT(*CVTSRC) /* given CRTSRCPF PFSRC_RL92 RCDLEN(92) and CRTPF PFDTA_RL80; the FROMFILE() and TOFILE() can be reversed */

However both of the above might be moot, as likely the data can be stored and edited as a SRC-PFM and then sent\transferred via FTP just as if a RCDLEN(80) data file; i.e. the FTP should send only the SRCDTA information, which is the 80-byte portion, omitting the SRCDAT and SRCSEQ data in the copy of data transmitted.

IIRC: In the FTP client, be sure to specify BLOCK [MODE] and EBCDIC [TYPE] to override the STREAM and ASCII defaults; ¿perhaps also RECORD vs FILE [STRUCT]?. Also verify the LOCSITE TRIM option, to be sure the setting is desirable.