Support for Long Filenames in XCOM For Windows

Products

• XCOM Data Transport
• XCOM Data Transport - Windows
• XCOM Data Transport - Linux PC
• XCOM Data Transport - z/OS

Issue/Introduction

With the release of VFAT, Microsoft enabled users to use long file names (A file and/or directory name that contains a space or spaces or is longer than eight characters). In order for Microsoft to maintain backward compatibility with existing DOS volumes, long file names, if present, are converted to the original 8.3 character file naming convention.

 

Environment

Release:
Component: XCPCNT

Cause

With the release of VFAT, Microsoft enabled users to use long file names

Resolution

To access a long file name with spaces from a MS-DOS Window or Shell, you must place the name of the directory and/or file in quotes. An example of how to change into a long file name directory would look like:

cd "C:\Program Files"

XCOM Data Transport for Windows r11 introduces support for long file names. This allows users to install XCOM Data Transport for Windows under directories that contain spaces:

"C:\Program Files\CA\xcomnt"

With this enhancement, the following features are affected:

• Installation
  
  
• Exits & Transfer Scripts
  
  
• CA-XCOM Configuration
  
  
• SNA Configuration
  
  
• Jobs

When installing, re-installing, or upgrading XCOM Data Transport for Windows into a directory or PATH that contains a space or spaces please note the following:

• Installation - You may now install XCOM Data Transport for Windows into a directory whose name contains a space or spaces.
  
  
  • The %XCOM_HOME% and required XCOM Data Transport for Windows and the registry entries will include spaces. This is done at installation time. User intervention is not required.
    
    
• Exits & Transfer Scripts - The parameters that are passed to the XCOM Data Transport scripts will be between quotes.
  
  
  • Any customized XCOM Exits or Transfer Scripts will need to be updated.
    
    
  • Include quotes around long file names when issuing any command line transfers from a MS-DOS Window or shell.
    
    
• CA - XCOM Configuration - Any SSL sample configurations must specify the install path name between quotes.
  
  
• Jobs - Any .bat or .exe jobs that specify long file names must be in quotes.
  
  
• SNA Configuration - The specification for the TP paths will need to change to reflect the new directory path with spaces.

New sample scripts are available as documented in the online documentation