Compare and Synchronization Monitor command line utility

Use the command line utility to perform compare or synchronization without having to load the user interface.

You can run the utility directly from the command prompt, or add commands to a batch file, then use a scheduler to run the batch file.

Syntax:

>>-MFMON2--.--------.--.-BOTH-----.--.----------.--.-QSAM-.--local-dir->
           +-TEXT---+  +-UPLOAD---+  +-prefix-*-+  +-PDS--+
           +-BINARY-+  +-DOWNLOAD-+                +-END--+
                       +-MONITOR--+                +-KSDS-+

>-AGAINST-data-set--.---------------.-.------------.-.-----------------.-.---------------.->
                    +-TYPE=mem-type-+ +-STATUS=xxx-+ +-EXT=extension---+
                    +-TYPE=mem-type-+ +-CCID=xxxx--+ +-Comment="xxxxx"-+ +-EXT=extension-+ 

>-.----------------.-.--------.---<<  
  +-REGEXT_ALLOW=Y-+ +-HASH=Y-+

Note: The second AGAINST-data-set line is for Endevor only.

Where:

prefix

The filter to use to select files and members. By default, * selects all.

local-dir

The directory on the workstation.

data-set

The data set or Endevor resource on the mainframe.

TYPE=mem-type

The type of member contained in an Endevor, Panvalet, or Librarian container.

STATUS=xxx

The status of Panvalet members.

EXT|EXTENSION=extension

The extension to give each synchronized member on the workstation.

Note:

If you do not specify "EXTENSION" or specify "EXTENSION=" it will result in files downloaded without an extension.
If you specify "EXTENSION=*" you will get an extension that matches the last part of the data set name. For example, if the source data set is a.b.c.d then the file extension will be .d.
Everything else results in the extension specified. For example, "EXTENSION=txt" will result in files downloaded with a .txt extension.

REGEXT_ALLOW=Y

Allows the prefix to be in the format of a regular expression.

HASH=Y

Toggles monitor to use a hash of contents instead of the timestamp to determine what to synchronize. This mode is slower and should only be used when timestamps are unavailable.

Comments:

To ensure the utility can connect to the mainframe without user intervention, set the MFA_SERVER_PARMS environment variable and the MFDAS SETUSER command at the head of your batch file, or from the command line. For example:

SET MFA_SERVER_PARMS=MFSRV:mf01,MFNODE:mf01.docs.com,MFPORT:1234
MFDAS SETUSER usr1 pass1