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Inside of the beta is the following RPM.

http://216.111.170.54/iSeriesAccess-5.2.0-1.0.i386.rpm




-------------------------
 Bryan Dietz
3X Corporation
614-410-9205





linux5250-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote on 09/08/2003 06:32:04 PM:

> On Monday 08 September 2003 21:45, bdietz@xxxxxx wrote:
> > Did anyone pick up on this??
> > http://www-1.ibm.com/servers/eserver/iseries/access/web/beta.html
> >
> > <snip>
> > New: a new functional category called "Download", used for managed file
> > distribution. A new product that is available from "Download" in this
> > Beta is iSeries Access for Linux, which provides an ODBC Driver and a
> > new full-function 5250 emulator that can run natively on Linux
> > operating systems with Intel processors. Refer to
> > http://www.ibm.com/eserver/iseries/access/linux/.
> > </snip>
> >
> > Not much at the linux site mentioned above, but I tried it on RH9 and
> > works just fine.
>
> Hi Bryan
>
> Tried what, if it doesn't sound (too) stupid of me? I installed the
> iSeriesODBC-5.1.0-0.14.i386.rpm file but the binaries it provides don't
> appear to be related to any 5250 I'm familiar with. The cwbping utility
> worked fine against the Netshare400.com box, but I can't find any 5250
> references other than in the page you quoted above.
>
> If it's the cwbcopwr program, what magic is required to invoke it?
>    $ /opt/ibm/iSeriesODBC/bin/cwbping netshare
> finds the netshare box (defined in /etc/hosts) but
>    $ /opt/ibm/iSeriesODBC/bin/cwbcopwr /SYS:netshare /SVC:8
> results in
>    *ERROR* System named does not exist, no changes can be made.
> and if I drop the /SVC:8 (signon request aiui) I get this
>    umm, something was messed up on the command line, try again
>
> Any pointers gratefully received
>
> I'll probably give the iSeries Access for Web beta a try at work this
> week, if I get the chance.
>
> Regards, Martin
>


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