Although a lot of file transfer is now handled using HTTP, FTP is still commonly used to transfer files behind the scenes for other applications -- e.g., hidden behind the user interfaces of banking, a service that helps build a website, such as Wix or SquareSpace, or other services.
Yes, there is a utility to read log files named LogRead. LogRead is a GUI utility to read, query, sort, merge and translate log files from all Progress components (e.g. AdminServer, AppServer, Messenger). It is provided as a diagnostic utility to assist in the analysis of log files. LogRead 1.1 is now available as source and can be downloaded from:
Is there a native app / forwarder in Splunk to send logs from mainframe to Splunk server. 3 Answers. If you can write the log files to a shared filesystem like NFS, then a forwarder on a Linux/Windows box could access the log files there. If you have syslog on the mainframe, or a similar tool that can emit the data over a network port, Splunk can monitor the port. You could use any other mechanism for transporting the log files from the mainframe to a Linux/Windows box.