Supported Wildcard Characters

Directory transfers support local file name and remote file name wildcard characters.

The following local file name wildcard characters are supported:
  • Percent sign (%): matches on current character.
  • Question mark (?): matches on current character.
  • Asterisk (*): matches on current qualifier.
  • Double asterisks (**): matches on current qualifier and all subsequent qualifiers.
The following remote file name wildcard character is supported:
  • Asterisk (*): matches on current qualifier.

Examples

Example 1: sending data sets to another z/OS system

In this example, the following files are defined to the z/OS system:

TEST.DATA.ACCT1

TEST.DATA.ACCT2008

TEST.DATA.ACCTPDS (contains members A, B, and C)

Specify the following parameters on a send file request:

LFILE=TEST.DATA.*

RFILE=/tmp/data/

SUBDIR=YES

Five file transfer requests will be queued with the following local and remote files: 

LF=TEST.DATA.ACCT1
RF=/tmp/data/ACCT1
LF=TEST.DATA.ACCT2008
RF=/tmp/data/ACCT2008
LF=TEST.DATA.ACCTPDS(A)
RF=/tmp/data/ACCTPDS.A
LF=TEST.DATA.ACCTPDS(B)
RF=/tmp/data/ACCTPDS.B
LF=TEST.DATA.ACCTPDS(C)
RF=/tmp/data/ACCTPDS.C

Example 2: sending UNIX files to remote UNIX system

In this example, the following files are defined to the z/OS system:

/test/data/acct1

/test/data/acct2004

/test/data/acctpds/a

/test/data/acctpds/b

/test/data/acctpds/c

Specify the following parameters on a send file request:

LFILE=/test/data/*

RFILE=/tmp/data/

SUBDIR=NO.

Two file transfer requests will be queued with the following local and remote files: 

LF=/test/data/acct1
RF=/tmp/data/acct1
LF=/test/data/acct2008
RF=/tmp/data/acct2008

Example 3: sending PDS members to remote UNIX system

In this example, the following members are in a PDS or PDSE file:

TEST.PDS(A1)

TEST.PDS(A2)

TEST.PDS(ABCD)

TEST.PDS(B1)

TEST.PDS(B2)

TEST.PDS(BCDE)

Specify the following parameters on a send file request:

LFILE=TEST.PDS(A*)

RFILE=/tmp/data/

SUBDIR=NO

Three file transfer requests will be queued with the following local and remote files: 

LF=TEST.PDS(A1)
RF=/tmp/data/A1
LF=TEST.PDS(A2)
RF=/tmp/data/A2
LF=TEST.PDS(ABCD)
RF=/tmp/data/ABCD

Example 4: receiving files from remote UNIX system

In this example, the following files are in the remote UNIX system:

/tmp/data/acct1

/tmp/data/acct2007

/tmp/data/acct2008

/tmp/data/acct2009

/tmp/data/auditing/abc

/tmp/data/auditing/def

Specify the following parameters on a receive file request:

LFILE=TEST.PDS( )

RFILE=/tmp/data/*

SUBDIR=NO

Four file transfer requests will be queued with the following local and remote files: 

LF=TEST.PDS(ACCT1)
RF=/tmp/data/acct1
LF=TEST.PDS(ACCT2007)
RF=/tmp/data/acct2007
LF=TEST.PDS(ACCT2008)
RF=/tmp/data/acct2008
LF=TEST.PDS(ACCT2009)
RF=/tmp/data/acct2009