PPA Command Format
You must follow the following command format to perform preprocessing and postprocessing actions after file transfers.
The preprocessing action command format is:
PPA<number>="P,L|R,COMMAND|CALLJCL|CALLPGM|SUBMIT,command data"
The postprocessing action command format is:
PPA<number>="S|F,L|R,COMMAND|CALLJCL|CALLPGM|SUBMIT,command data"
Use a comma (,) to separate each of the following sections of a PPA command:
P|S||F
P: Preprocessing
S: Postprocessing on successful transfer
F: Postprocessing on failed transfer
- L|R
Defines if you want to run the action in the local system (initiator) or in the remote system (responder).
- COMMAND|CALLJCL|CALLPGM|SUBMIT
Defines which action you want to run.
Note: You can run CALLJCL, CALLPGM and SUBMIT if the remote system is mainframe; otherwise, you can only run COMMAND. - <command data>
Defines the full path and file name of a command with associated parameters. This section is limited to 256 bytes.
See the following command for an example of how to use PPA with an executable command:
ppa1="S,L,COMMAND,batchjob.exe"