1.3 Typical Uses of RJE

This section lists some typical ways in which RJE can be used:

Printing host data at a local site

You can use RJE to download host data sets (host files) from a remote host computer and print them on a local printer.

File transfer, storage, and retrieval

You can use RJE to upload a file from the SNAP-IX computer to a host data set (host file) for storage; the file can be downloaded later to a SNAP-IX file or retrieved by a user on a different computer. You can transfer the file without code conversion, or you can convert it to EBCDIC to enable access using a host editor.

Sending jobs at convenient times

RJE enables you to send jobs to the host, and receive data from the host, at a time convenient to you. For example, you can use a cron script to run the RJE workstation at night, sending all the jobs submitted during the day. Alternatively, when submitting a job, you can use command-line options to start the workstation and stop it after RJE activity has completed.