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  3. February 2004

Re: QSH scripting

Hi Paul

I seem to recall an option in unix (at least in AIX) that allows back end processing of a spooled file. In other words a file sent to a unix printer can automatically trigger a script to do something to it.

Would it be possible to print the cheques to an IP address/port defined as a printer on the unix box ? Would this allow them to execute their script in the unix environment and in the process transfer the data ?

It seems to me that any other method will involve you writing a program to monitor the outqueue, transform the spool data and then ftp it across to the unix box.

Just a slightly different thought on your process :)

Regards
Evan Harris

A customer is in the process of replacing their AS/400 running the CGC
(Computer Guidance Corporation) applications with an Oracle system.
They've already got some stuff automated for payroll, in that they can
push timecards to the Oracle box for processing and check writing. The A/P
department has been buying custom forms for their checks for many years.

What they want to do now is this:
Since the Oracle package does not yet have a good payables module, they
want to process A/P all the way through, with the exception of printing
checks. The spool file is to be sent to the Oracle box, where it will be
fed through a product called OptioPrint. This is essentially a forms
management package for a Unix environment.

Everything is set to go on the Oracle box side, and commands entered thru
QSH actually worked as expected. The Unix programmer wants to build a
script to be able to automate the process.


Paul Nelson
Arbor Solutions, Inc.
708-670-6978  Cell
pnelson@xxxxxxxxxx


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