Directory Transfer Parameters

By specifying CONTINUE=YES, the platform server will attempt to perform transfer requests, even if a transfer request fails. By specifying CONTINUE=NO, the platform server will stop processing when a transfer request fails.

The SUBDIR parameter defines whether subdirectories are processed. The platform server supports directory transfers for three different file types, and the SUBDIR parameter has a different meaning for all three file types. The following descriptions shows how the SUBDIR parameter is used for the three file types:

• z/OS sequential data sets

  z/OS data sets cannot have subdirectories. But because of the way that you extract data from the catalog, a mix of sequential and PDS/PDSE data sets might be returned from a catalog request. By specifying SUBDIR=NO, the platform server does not process any PDS/PDSE files extracted from the catalog. By specifying SUBDIR=YES, the platform server processes PDS/PDSE files in addition to the sequential files processed.

• z/OS libraries (specifically PDS/PDSE)

  PDS and PDSE files cannot have subdirectories. Therefore, the SUBDIR parameter is ignored for PDS and PDSE files.

• z/OS UNIX file system

  The z/OS UNIX file system is a directory based system. When you specify SUBDIR=NO, the platform server only looks for files in the defined base directory, and ignores any files in the subdirectories. When you specify SUBDIR=YES, the platform server looks for files in the base directory as well as files in the subdirectories.