Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi All,

I have written a script that transfers(FTP) files from Unix system to MVS system.

Below is the code for it.

ftp -inv $HOST<<ftp_test
quote site LRECL=200
quote site BLKSIZE=28000

mput SOURCE DEST
ftp_test


Here I need the help, if the above code can get converted to SFTP with same functionality? If so, what the code shall be?

NOTE: The size of file is more than 100MB.

I'm having to deal with that very issue myself. Unless your MVS system has SFTP loaded to it, you won't be able to transfer files that way. If your system does have SFTP, you'll need to generate a public/private key pair on your server, and have the public key loaded to your MVS system. Basically your code will look the same, except you'll have an "S" in front of FTP.

Thanks!

But usually, SFTP also works even if you do not exchange the public keys. The only difference is that, if the keys are shared, it will not prompt for the password. To handle this issue, I am ready to pass the username and password.

But will the same code work in the same case? As sftp does not recognizes the "-i" option. It even does not recognize the QUOTE option.

Please share with me, if you have a script already in place?


Thanking you again....

Ah yes, I forgot about that part. I've brought that issue up to management also, and they are looking into it. For now, I've been given an exception to the SFTP debacle on the mainframe. And you're right, the -i option, -n, and a few others are also unavailable in SFTP. Makes me wonder why they'd secure FTP and remove functionality?