MVSURLKEY (FTP server) statement

Use the MVSURLKEY statement to specify a token that users can enter as part of an FTP URL to encode an MVS™ data set name.

Syntax


>>-MVSURLKEY--key----------------------------------------------><

key: An arbitrary token users can enter in an FTP URL to signify that an MVS data set follows. Although the FTP server accepts any value, avoid symbols FTP clients might interpret as special characters or meta characters. For example, the # character is acceptable to the FTP server, but some Web browsers use the # character as a special character.

Use the following example to permit users to enter MVSDS in an FTP URL in order to tell the FTP server an MVS data set name follows:

MVSURLKEY MVSDS 
; code this in FTP.DATA

Code the following as an FTP URL to indicate that 'USER1.PROCLIB(FTPD)' is an MVS data set, not a z/OS® UNIX data set:

ftp://user1@mvs098.tcp.raleigh.ibm/MVSDS/'user1.proclib(ftpd)';type=a

The key specified for MVSURLKEY can be set to be the same key used for the Websphere server to designate FTP URL encodings.
The FTP server accepts an arbitrary string. Avoid characters the FTP client might interpret as metacharacters or special characters.