The Command Line Interface › Using Configuration Files › Creating Configuration Files

Creating Configuration Files

To create configuration files of your own for different types of transfers

1. From the command line, copy xcom.cnf to a new file. Enter the following:
2. cp $XCOM_HOME/config/xcom.cnf configfilename.cnf

   The file xcom.cnf is renamed to configfilename.cnf and resides in your local directory

   Note: The file name configfilename.cnf is used only as an example here.

3. From your local directory, load configfilename.cnf into vi or another editor.

   The configfilename.cnf file is loaded in the editor.

4. Modify the parameters in the new file to your specific needs.

   It is not necessary to list all available parameters in a configuration file, because any unspecified parameters will use the defaults that are set in xcom.glb or the CA XCOM Data Transport daemon.

   If you specify a configuration file, then xcom.cnf is not used. If you do not specify a configuration file, then CA XCOM Data Transport looks in xcom.cnf for parameter values.

5. Save the file and exit the editor.

Example 1

In the following example, CA XCOM Data Transport is invoked from the command line and a configuration file is specified.

xcom62 [ -cnumber] [ -f [configfilename]

[PARAMETER_NAME=value ...] ]

Replace number, configfilename, and PARAMETER_NAME=value with the desired transfer value, configuration file name and/or parameter name and values.

For the complete syntax and options for using xcom62 or xcomtcp, see Transferring Files in this chapter.

Example 2

In the following example, a regional office transfers its accounting records daily to the mainframe headquarters.

For this transfer, create a configuration file named account.cnf that contains the following parameter values:

FILEOPTION=REPLACE
LOCAL_FILE=/usr/bills/july
REMOTE_FILE=BILLS.JULY

Then specify this configuration file to use for the transfer as follows:

xcom62 -c1 -f account.cnf