Send Files to a Mainframe

NOTE:If the transfer is one you'll be performing regularly, you can save your transfer settings in a transfer request file.

To transfer files to a mainframe from your PC

  1. Click the Settings button, and configure the file transfer settings.

    For most situations, you can configure for file transfers by selecting a preset configuration in the Protocol tab.

  2. Click OK.

  3. From the Transfer dialog box, under Local, do one of the following:

    • Browse under Local folders, and then select one or more files from the list.

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    • Type the path and filename into the File names box.

  4. Select your preferences for Transfer method, If file exists, and Record format.

  5. Specify the host file information:

    For this host system

    Do this

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    Type a filename in the File names box.

    It is not possible to perform transfers involving multiple files.

    If you don't type a filename, InfoConnect uses the PC filename, with the period and extension, if applicable, removed. To avoid overwriting files, do not send files with the same filename and different extensions.

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    Click Show host files, and browse to select one or more host files.

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    Type the file information into the File names box.

    If you don't type a filename, InfoConnect uses the PC filename. If a PC file you are transferring does not have a file extension, the transfer fails.

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    Click Show host files, and browse to select one or more host files.

    All datasets that have a high-level qualifier that equals your user ID are displayed.

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    Type the file information into the File names box.

    If you don't type a filename, InfoConnect uses the PC filename.

  6. To initiate a file transfer, do one of the following:

    • Click a Transfer button to move the file in the indicated direction.

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    • Drag the source file, and then drop it on the desired destination file.