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IND$FILE
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<p>IND$FILE is a <a href="/facts/FTP/THuWgzfw">file transfer program</a> from <a href="/facts/IBM/QszA7nwd">IBM</a> that was first released in 1983 to allow the transfer of files between an <a href="/facts/IBM_PC/yhcJGMPL">IBM PC</a> running the <a href="/facts/IBM_3270/QKeJWI7t">IBM 3270</a> emulator (PC/3270) and a <a href="/facts/VSE_(operating_system)/b6Hnxc2p">VSE</a>, <a href="/facts/MVS/VPSmB9ML">MVS</a> or <a href="/facts/VM/CMS/Ymu9SRtX">VM/CMS</a> <a href="/facts/Mainframe_computer/nrBR6rWa">mainframe</a>. IND$FILE originally worked only with the SEND and RECEIVE commands of the 3270 PC emulator, but today most <a href="/facts/Terminal_emulator/yNfevBJd">terminal emulators</a> that have a 3270 mode include it. </p><p>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. </p>