How to ftp file with gigabytes fr mainframe to server?

[praise12]

I need to ftp a gigabytes file from mainframe to Unix server. Do I need to modify anything as below in my script? or if you have something different, please share. Thanks.

echo 'ftp -vi' $IPADDR' <<Endftp&quot; > $TEMPFTPFILE 2>$1
echo 'site nostrip' >> $TEMPFTPFILE 2>&1
echo 'site unit($unit1) >> $TEMPFTPFILE 2>&1
echo 'site cyclinder' >> $TEMPFTPFILE 2>&1
echo 'site space(5,1) >> $TEMPFTPFILE 2>&1
echo 'site recfm(fb)' >> $TEMPFTPFILE 2>&1
echo 'site mount(999)' >> $TEMPFTPFILE 2>&1
echo 'site lrecl($lrecl1) >> $TEMPFTPFILE 2>&1
echo 'site blksize($blksize1) >> $TEMPFTPFILE 2>&1
echo 'put' $INPUTDSN $MFDSN >> $TEMPFTPFILE 2>&1
echo 'bye' >> $TEMPFTPFILE 2>&1
echo 'Endftp' >> $TEMPFTPFILE 2>&1

Any advice are appreciated! Thanks.

 

[MikeLacey]

what do all these lines mean?

echo 'site nostrip' >> $TEMPFTPFILE 2>&1
echo 'site unit($unit1) >> $TEMPFTPFILE 2>&1
echo 'site cyclinder' >> $TEMPFTPFILE 2>&1
echo 'site space(5,1) >> $TEMPFTPFILE 2>&1
echo 'site recfm(fb)' >> $TEMPFTPFILE 2>&1
echo 'site mount(999)' >> $TEMPFTPFILE 2>&1
echo 'site lrecl($lrecl1) >> $TEMPFTPFILE 2>&1
echo 'site blksize($blksize1) >> $TEMPFTPFILE 2>&1

My version of your script would be just the put statement, maybe a 'binary' command if it's a binary file. Mike
&quot;Experience is the comb that Nature gives us after we are bald.&quot;

Is that a haiku?
I never could get the hang
of writing those things.

 

[praise12]

well, there just part of my script for running the ftp mainframe to server! Now, we are going to ftp something 'huge', so I was wondering anything I need to be aware of in terms of the script. Thanks.

 

[dsm325]

The file doesn't need to be allocated to the unix server, unlike uploads to the mainframe; where you would allocate your dataset..
As Mike put it, just a bin and a put..

 

[praise12]

you're right, I think I posted the wrong script(it was from server to mainframe script), I'll try the 'put' command and see how it works...Thanks for all your help!