Transferring data with FTP

You can use the subcommands listed in Table 1 to work with and transfer data.

Table 1. FTP subcommands for transferring data
Subcommand	Description	See
APpend	Appends a data set on your local host to a file on the foreign host.	APpend subcommand—Append a local data set
DELEte	Deletes a single file on the foreign host.	DELEte subcommand—Delete files
DELImit	Displays the delimiter character between the file_name and file_type.	DELImit subcommand—Display the file name delimiter
Get	Copies a file from the foreign host to your local host.	Get subcommand—Copy files
MDelete	Deletes multiple files on the foreign host.	MDelete subcommand—Delete multiple files
MGet	Copies multiple files from the foreign host to your local host.	MGet subcommand—Copy multiple files
MPut	Copies multiple files on your local host to the foreign host.	MPut subcommand—Copy multiple data sets to the remote host
MVSGet	Copies a remote z/OS® data set into a local z/OS data set with the remote data set attributes	MVSGet subcommand – Copy a remote data set into a local data set with the remote data set attributes
MVSPut	Copies a local z/OS data set into a remote z/OS data set with the local data set attributes	MVSPut subcommand – Copy a local data set into a remote data set name with the local data set attributes
PUt	Copies a file on your local host to the foreign host.	PUt subcommand—Copy data sets to the remote host
REName	Renames a file on the foreign host.	REName subcommand—Rename files
REStart	Restarts a checkpointed data transfer.	REStart subcommand—Restart a checkpointed data transfer
SRestart	Restarts a stream mode data transfer.	SRestart subcommand—Restart a stream data transfer