Automating the TRASMIT/RECEIVE tasks in Batch program

Very useful tip to automate the task of transmitting a data from one region to another region.
 
To Transmit
 
//XMIT    EXEC PGM=IKJEFT01,DYNAMNBR=20
//DDIN     DD  DISP=SHR,DSN=<your.dataset.to.be.sent>
//DDOUT    DD  DISP=(,CATLG),DSN=<use.this.dataset.if.you.want.to.ftp>,
//             DCB=(RECFM=FB,LRECL=80,BLKSIZE=27800),
//             SPACE=(TRK,(15,15)),UNIT=SYSDA
//SYSPRINT DD  SYSOUT=*  
//SYSTSPRT DD  SYSOUT=*
//SYSTSIN  DD  *  
  TRANSMIT NATSTAR +
     NOCOPYLIST [...]

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NYSE unplugs last mainframe and reduces cost, speeds transactions

At the end of April, the New York Stock Exchange unplugged its last running mainframe, the climax of a yearlong migration to Unix and Linux.
By all accounts, the merger has been successful, and performance has improved, said Francis Feldman, the vice president of the shared data center at Securities Industry Automation Corp. (SIAC), the NYSE’s [...]

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