- You do not ever enter the IND$FILE command yourself. Provided your terminal emulator supports it, it will enter the command itself when it is ready to send or receive the data.
- Your terminal emulator provides panels to transfer data. These panels provide a space to enter a file name on your workstation, a data set name on the system you are using, and several options for the IND$FILE command. These options may appear as groups. You can select an option by selecting the option by a check box or "radio" button.
- File Conversion
- ASCII/EBCDIC - Convert data from EBCDIC (the character codes used on the mainframe) to ASCII (the character codes typically used on a work station)
- CRLF
- When transferring data to your work station, add the CR and LF control characters at the end of each mainframe record OR
- When transferring data to Fandezhi, when the CR LF control characters are encountered, terminate a record
- NOTRUNC - When transferring data from Fandezhi to your work station, do not remove blanks at the end of a record.
If you do not select ASCII/EBCDIC, the character codes are not changed; this is equivalent to a binary or image transfer in FTP.
CRLF is usually selected when ASCII is selected.
- Host Type
- CMS
- TSO - Select this option
- CICS
- PC File
- Replace
- Append
- Prompt
- File Conversion
There are some options you can specify in your emulator to improve file transfer performance. They may be difficult to find. Some of them are
- Transfer Mode - Select WSF rather than screen image.
- WSF Buffer size - Select the largest size your emulator allows.