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IND$FILE is a file transfer program from IBM that was first released in 1983 to allow the transfer of files between an IBM PC running the IBM 3270 emulator (PC/3270) and a VSE, MVS or VM/CMS mainframe. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] IND$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.

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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. [9]

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References

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  2. ↑ Frank J. Derfler, Jr. (30 January 1990), Building Workgroup Solutions: Direct Token-Ring to Mainframe Connections, PC Mag, Ziff Davis, Inc., pp. 195, 206, ISSN   0888-8507
  3. ↑ IND$FILE Utility Program for VSE, MVS, and VM/CMS
  4. ↑ Ed Taylor (1999). The Network Troubleshooting Handbook. McGraw-Hill. p. 154. ISBN   978-0-07-134228-5.
  5. ↑ Merv Adrian (1988). The Workstation Data Link. Intertext Publications McGraw-Hill Book Company. p. 217. ISBN   978-0-07-000474-0.
  6. ↑ Robert Bruce Thompson; Dan Balter (1996). Windows NT Workstation 4.0 Internet & Networking Handbook. Que. p. 166. ISBN   978-0-7897-0817-5.
  7. ↑ Ed Taylor (January 2000). Networking Handbook. McGraw-Hill. p. 456. ISBN   978-0-07-135451-6.
  8. ↑ William Marion (1994). Client/Server Strategies: Implementations in the IBM Environment. McGraw-Hill. pp. 55–56. ISBN   978-0-07-040539-4.
  9. ↑ Philip H. Smith (III.); Gabriel Goldberg (1994). The VM/ESA User's and Applications Handbook. McGraw-Hill. p. 354. ISBN   978-0-07-023703-2.


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