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Remote File

Indicates the name of the file on the remote system receiving the data being transferred. Required.

Up to 256 alphanumeric characters

Specifies the file name that receives the data being transferred. The maximum allowable length of the file name varies, depending on the remote partner. The following limits apply for MVS and USS files:

• Up to 56 alphanumeric characters (for an MVS file)
• Up to 255 alphanumeric characters (for a USS file)

Up to 56 alphanumeric characters (for an MVS file)

Specifies up to 56 characters consisting of:

• A 1 through 44 character dataset name
• An optional member name enclosed in parentheses
• Optional single quotation marks (apostrophes) to enclose the data set.

Your TSO profile prefix is inserted at the beginning of this entry unless the entry is enclosed in single apostrophes. If the TSO profile is set to NOPREFIX, nothing is inserted.

Notes:

• Use an asterisk to send multiple members of a partitioned data set. Specifying an asterisk for the member name sends all members of a PDS, for example, SURVEYS(*). To send all members beginning with a specific prefix, specify this prefix with an asterisk. For example, NAMES.PDS(AL*) requests that members AL, ALEX, and ALICE all be transferred. The asterisk must be the last character before the right parenthesis.
• During the generation of a file transfer request, CA XCOM Data Transport successively replaces each asterisk (*) in a Remote File Name with a name you have selected from the Member Selection List. When CA XCOM Data Transport finds no other special character in a Remote File Name, it appends the name (within parentheses) of each selected member to the Remote File Name. You can arrange for CA XCOM Data Transport to avoid the latter procedure and treat such a file as sequential. Select the ALLOC function (PF12/24) and set the Directory Blocks entry to zero.
• In the OpenVMS environment, brackets ([ ]) are used to indicate the directory in a complete file name specification. However, some EBCDIC environment keyboards do not provide brackets. In such cases, use braces ({ }) instead, because CA XCOM Data Transport converts the braces to brackets.
• If the remote file name includes embedded spaces in the file name, enclose the FILE parameter value in either single or double quotes. For example, to send to the directory c:\My Documents on a Windows partner, use the following format:

  FILE='c:\My Documents\test.txt'
  

1 to 255 characters (for a USS file)

Specifies up to 255 characters consisting of:

• / (the first character of the data set name)
• A 1 through 254 character data set name

Notes:

• If transferring to IBM mainframe systems to Windows systems, or to UNIX systems one or more wildcard characters (*) can be used.
• The transfer of USS files is supported only between systems running CA XCOM Data Transport r11.5 and above.

USS Example

FILE=/u/users/xcom/source/*.c

Transfer ALL files and save them with the suffix .c.