Note: These configuration options take effect only when File Type is set to Custom and Host OS is set to TSO in the General tab.
Send Options
The following options can be configured when defining a TSO file transfer scheme. These parameters will then be used when sending files from the PC to the host.
ASCII
If the PC file consists of character data only, specify ASCII. This will cause the translation of all graphic and control characters from ASCII to EBCDIC during the transfer.
CRLF
Following the convention for ASCII text files, <CR> <LF> pairs are used to terminate records in the PC file, and a CTRL-Z (x'1A') marks the end of file. If the PC file consists of data other than text, such as binary format data, do not specify either ASCII or CRLF.
APPEND
If the data set already exists and is not empty, APPEND specifies that the contents of the PC file are to be appended to the data set. APPEND cannot be specified for members of a partitioned data set.
Record Format
Specifies the record format of the TSO data set.
None, the default value, specifies the record format of an existing TSO file.
Fixed specifies that the data set contains fixed length records.
Variable specifies that the data set contains variable length records.
Undefined specifies that the data set contains undefined length records.
Record Length
Specifies the logical record length for a data set consisting of fixed length records or the maximum logical record length for a data set consisting of variable length records. Values permitted are 1 to 32760. For new data sets the default value is 80. This parameter is ignored if APPEND is specified. For data sets consisting of variable length records, the actual logical record length (i.e. the value stored in the Data Set Control Block) following the file transfer is set to the minimum of the value of record length and the longest record in the data set.
Block Size
Specifies the block size for a new data set. For data sets containing fixed-length records, the block size must be a multiple of the record length. For data sets containing variable-length records, the block size must be greater than or equal to the record length plus four bytes. The block size must not exceed the track length of the device on which the data set resides. The block size must also not exceed 32,760 bytes. The default value is 3120. This parameter is ignored if the data set already exists.
Space Allocation
Specifies the amount of disk space to be allocated for a new data set. These parameters correspond to those parameter used when manually allocating space for a data set on the host.
Quantity specifies number of space units as defined by the next parameter.
Space Units can be either Blocks, Tracks or Cylinders.
Increment specifies amount of space units to increase the file size as the file grows larger.
Ave Block specifies the number of blocks used.
Other Options
This text field provides the ability to add custom file transfer parameters. For information on how parameters can be added here refer to the TSO Send Parameters in the Technical Reference section.
Receive Options
The following options can be configured when defining a TSO file transfer scheme. These parameters will then be used when receiving files from the host to the PC.
ASCII
If the PC file consists of character data only, specify ASCII. This will cause the translation of all graphic and control characters from EBCDIC to ASCII during the transfer.
CRLF
Following the convention for ASCII text files, <CR> <LF> pairs are used to terminate records in the PC file, and a CTRL-Z (x'1A') marks the end of file. If the PC file consists of data other than text, such as binary format data, do not specify either ASCII or CRLF.
Other Options
This text field provides the ability to add custom file transfer parameters. For information on how parameters can be added here refer to the TSO Receive Parameters in the Technical Reference section.