Receive Files from a Mainframe
Note: If the transfer is one you'll be performing regularly, you can save your transfer settings in a transfer request file.
To transfer files from a mainframe to the PC
- Start Reflection and log on to the host computer as usual.
- On the Session ribbon, from the Transfer group, click File Transfer.
- Click the Settings button, and configure the file transfer settings.
For most situations, you can configure for file transfers by selecting a preset configuration in the Protocol tab.
- Click OK.
- Specify a host file:
For this host system
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Do this
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CICS
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Type a filename in the File names box.
It is not possible to perform transfers involving multiple files.
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CMS
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Click Show host files, and browse to select one or more host files.
To filter the list, you can enter partial filenames or wildcards; for example, to see all files that begin with the letter "d" of the mode "files" on the "a" disk, type the following:
d* files a
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Type the file information into the File names box.
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TSO
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Click Show host files, and browse to select one or more host files.
All datasets that have a high-level qualifier that equals your user ID are displayed.
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Type the file information into the File names box.
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- Select your preferences for Transfer method, If file exists, and Record format.
- From the Transfer dialog box, under Local, do one of the following:
- To initiate a file transfer, do one of the following:
- Click a Transfer button to move the file in the indicated direction.
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- Drag the source file, and then drop it on the desired destination file.
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