This SEEMS to work, and this is how I solved my problem (detailed description in case anyone else needs the same solution). I am SO impressed !!!! Sorry to take so long to get back to you Chris (and thanks for your suggestion). I tried experimenting by copying the PLAS1400 PDS member to a simple sequential file, but that doesn't SEEM to help either. Remember, at the end of the day, the file I'm trying to acces is NOT a linux type file, it's mainframe file.īTW. If that's the case, fair enough, I won't waste any more time, but it sure as hell would be neat if I could get this to work. It might turn out that what I'm trying to do is a 'can't be done' at the moment with BC2. This allows me to access the m/f from my PC and I CAN browse the plas1400 file above using this.

I should mention that I have a s/w product called Ipswitch WS_FTP Pro 2006. The filename bol(plas1400) means (in TSO) '(plas1400)'. I have set the FTP options to ascii and uppercase filenames. I specify the following as the m/f file specificationįtp://myuserid: _ftp_address/bol(plas1400) I specify a local file as the firstfile for comparison, but the file on the mainframe (which is a TSO PDS if that says anything to you) is never accessed. Have experimented a bit and have reached the following stage

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