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Quote:>I need to start a job on a UNIX (HP-UX) machine from a job running in batch on
>an AS/400.
>So far I've managed to send a file using the STRTCPFTP command and by
>over-riding the INPUT to a text fil. Unfortunately the TELNET and STRTCPTELN
>commands will not work within a CL batch job.

>Has anyone any ideas??

>TIA
>Mike Collings

If you can find a way of redirecting the TELNET session input /output to source
files as per FTP, then you might try changing the TELNET command (CHGCMD
command) so that it can run in batch program mode (*BPGM).

However, one way which I know will work is to send a message (from OV/400 to
SMTP on the Unix box) which can be monitored for by a Unix program.  Just how
the program is written in C I don't know - but presumably your Unix programmers
can take care of this.

Likewise, on completion of the Unix task, an e-mail could be sent back to signal
the AS/400 task that it can continue (that's if it needs to execute the Unix task
in-line).

Regards,
Richard

Quote:>I need to start a job on a UNIX (HP-UX) machine from a job running in batch on
>an AS/400.
>So far I've managed to send a file using the STRTCPFTP command and by
>over-riding the INPUT to a text fil. Unfortunately the TELNET and STRTCPTELN
>commands will not work within a CL batch job.

>Has anyone any ideas??

>TIA
>Mike Collings

I have gotten this to work between my AS/400 and PC, and it works well.
The only 'tricky' thing for me was that the passwords and such are all
case sensitive, as you would expect.  Well, it was not what I expected as
I was working with the AS/400 and PC which both tend not to be case
sensitive.

Brian R. Smith
ITSO Rochester Center (we make the redbooks)

In V2 there is an IBM program 5798-RZB Connection Program for Unix
Environments which provides a STRUNXCMD command which runs only for
AIX, HP-UX and Sun Solaris.

:> Use the RUNRMTCMD command found in OS/400.  This command is the
:> client side of the rexecd which should be running on your UNIX box.  

:> I have gotten this to work between my AS/400 and PC, and it works well.
:> The only 'tricky' thing for me was that the passwords and such are all
:> case sensitive, as you would expect.  Well, it was not what I expected as
:> I was working with the AS/400 and PC which both tend not to be case
:> sensitive.

:> Brian R. Smith
:> ITSO Rochester Center (we make the redbooks)

 The only problem with this method is that any unix box running the
rexecd daemon is the source of a security hole (as are running the
netstat,systat,tftp and finger daemons).

Chris

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