IND$FILE explained

IND$FILE is a file transfer program from IBM that was first released in 1983 to allow the transfer of files between an IBM PC running the IBM 3270 emulator (PC/3270) and a VSE, MVS or VM/CMS mainframe.^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]} IND$FILE originally worked only with the SEND and RECEIVE commands of the 3270 PC emulator, but today most terminal emulators that have a 3270 mode include it.

In the UK, it is also known as IND£FILE, since in the EBCDIC code pages used in the UK the pound sign occupies the position the dollar sign takes in US codepages.^[8]

See also

• 3270 emulator
• Kermit (protocol)

Notes and References

1. Book: Robert Orfali. Dan Harkey. Client/server programming with OS/2 2.1. September 1993. Van Nostrand Reinhold. 978-0-442-01833-7. 128.
2. http://gsf-soft.com/Documents/IND$FILE.html IND$FILE Utility Program for VSE, MVS, and VM/CMS
3. Book: Ed Taylor. The Network Troubleshooting Handbook. 1999. McGraw-Hill. 978-0-07-134228-5. 154.
4. Book: Merv Adrian. The Workstation Data Link. 1988. Intertext Publications McGraw-Hill Book Company. 978-0-07-000474-0. 217.
5. Book: Robert Bruce Thompson. Dan Balter. Windows NT Workstation 4.0 Internet & Networking Handbook. 1996. Que. 978-0-7897-0817-5. 166.
6. Book: Ed Taylor. Networking Handbook. January 2000. McGraw-Hill. 978-0-07-135451-6. 456.
7. Book: William Marion. Client/Server Strategies: Implementations in the IBM Environment. 1994. McGraw-Hill. 978-0-07-040539-4. 55–56.
8. Book: Philip H. Smith (III.). Gabriel Goldberg. The VM/ESA User's and Applications Handbook. 1994. McGraw-Hill. 978-0-07-023703-2. 354.