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About This Document >>     Installing SSH Tectia Server for IBM z/OS >>     Getting Started with SSH Tectia Server for IBM z/OS >>     Configuring the Server >>     Configuring the Client >>     Authentication >>     File Transfer Using SFTP >>         Handling MVS Datasets and HFS File System Access>>         Controlling File Transfer             Advice String             File Transfer Profiles             File Transfer Environment Variables for the Clients             File Transfer Environment Variables for the Server         Staging         Listing Datasets with SFTP Clients>>         Secure File Transfer Examples Using the z/OS Client>>         Secure File Transfer Examples Using Windows and Unix Clients>>     File Transfer Using Transparent FTP Tunneling >>     Tunneling on the Command Line >>     Troubleshooting SSH Tectia Server for IBM z/OS >>     Advanced Information >>     Man Pages >>     Log Messages >>

Controlling File Transfer

The current Secure Shell protocol and current clients do not transfer any information about the files to be transferred, only the file contents as a byte stream. This is sufficient for Unix-type files if the sender and receiver use the same CCS.

SSH Tectia Server for IBM z/OS needs more information: which transfer format to use, what code sets are involved, and what the file characteristics are. Some of this information may be transported in the protocol in the future versions of SSH Tectia Client. In SSH Tectia Server for IBM z/OS, the information is either encoded in the filename (Advice String), read from a file transfer profile, or in case of file transfer client from environment variables.

Advice String

File Transfer Profiles

File Transfer Environment Variables for the Clients

File Transfer Environment Variables for the Server

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