Examples: Transfer Using Nodes

After you define the required parameters for file transfers, such as the remote IP address and port number, in the node definition, you can only provide the node name of the remote system with which you want to perform transfers.

In the following example, two nodes called zos and windows are defined. By using nodes, the first two examples given in Examples: Transfers Using Command Line can be simplified to the following: 
cfsend lf:/home/usr/file rf:dataset.name n:zos zOS:y
uid:zremote_user pwd:zremote_password

cfrecv lf:/home/usr/file rf:”c:\temp\test.txt” 
n:windows uid:wremote_domain\\wremote_userid 
pwd:wremote_password
Note: If transfer parameters are provided on the command line, they override equivalent parameters provided by the node definition. Exception to this rule occurs only when Compression or Encryption is set to NEVER, or when Security is configured to default to follow the FIPS140 standards as specified in the config.txt file. In these cases, the command line cannot override any of these options.
  • Place an ampersand (&) at the end of the command to run the command in the background: 
    cfrecv lf:/home/usr/file rf:”c:\temp\test.txt” 
n:windows uid:wremote_domain\\wremote_userid 
pwd:wremote_password &
  • Prefix the command with nohup to log off before the cfrecv command is completed: 
    nohup cfrecv lf:/home/usr/file 
rf:”c:\temp\test.txt” n:windows 
uid:wremote_domain\\wremote_userid 
pwd:wremote_password
  • Add the file path in the command to send the screen output to a file. In the following example, the output writes to /tmp/file: 
    cfrecv lf:/home/usr/file rf:”c:\temp\test.txt” 
n:windows uid:wremote_domain\\wremote_userid 
pwd:wremote_password > /tmp/file 2>&1