NetEx EFT213 Reference Manual Rel 5.4

Destination Wildcard Support for IBM z/OS File TransfersDestination wildcarding is also available on IBM z/OS NetEx/eFT. Destination wildcarding makes it possibleto transfer a set of files from one system to an z/OS host, modifying the file or data set names as part of theprocess. The single character ‘*’ is used to make this happen.When an ‘*’ is seen as part of the destination file specification, NetEx/eFT replaces it with either the “filename” portion of the source file specification or the “file extension” portion of the source file specification,depending on its position in the destination file specification. For example, to send all of the files with anextension of FTN from some local host to an z/OS host, renaming the files with an extension of FOR, destinationwildcarding would be used as:eFT>.send *.ftn *.foreFT: SOURCE DESTINATION SIZEeFT: ----------------------------------------------------eFT: ABCDEF.FTN GUEST.ABCDEF.FOR 984744eFT: SAMPLE.FTN GUEST.SAMPLE.FOR 668264eFT: TEST.FTN GUEST.TEST.FOR 120288In this example, NetEx/eFT replaced the ‘*’ in the destination file specification with file names (ABCDEF,SAMPLE, TEST) from the source file specifications. The last qualifier name was also renamed from FTN toFOR.It is also possible to append characters around the ‘*’ as well as use destination wildcarding to a partitioneddata set. For instance the destination file specification could have appeared as:eFT> send *.ftn x*x(y*)eFT: SOURCE DESTINATION SIZEeFT: ----------------------------------------------------eFT: ABCDEF.FTN GUEST.XFTNX(YABCDEF) 983744eFT: SAMPLE.FTN GUEST.XFTNX(YSAMPLE) 668264eFT: TEST.FTN GUEST.XFTNX(YTEST) 120288In this example, destination wildcarding was used to modify both the file name and file extension portion ofthe destination file.Transfer Modes Supported Under IBM z/OS NetEx/eFTIBM z/OS NetEx/eFT supports seven modes of file transfer: BACKUP, CHARACTER, COPY, RECORD,RESTORE, STREAM, and V1CHAR. A user selects the file transfer mode by setting the SEND orRECEIVE qualifier MODE. A mode must be supported by both hosts for a successful file transfer. TheMODE qualifier defines the form in which data will be transferred. Keep in mind that the internal representationof data within a file varies from host to host even though most hosts define the same modes of transfer.Each mode is described in further detail below as it relates to IBM z/OS.Page 56 File Handling Under IBM z/OS NetEx/eFT REF-eFT213-R5.4-08