Re: Running a program on an RS6000 via FTP

["Jeffrey M. Silberberg" <silbrbrg@xxxxxxxxxx>]

        Carl, 

        I can not find in my AIX 3.2.5 man pages where the RS/6000 
supports a command in the ftp connection to start a job when the RS/6000
is the target of the ftp.

        However, the RS/6000 does support "rexec" remote execute, when 
the "rexecd" deamon is running.  So first you have to check to 
ensure that the deamon is up on the RS/6000, to do so enter at the shell 
prompt;

        $ps -ef | grep rexecd 

        This should bring back a display of the an active process 
(subsystem) on the RS/6000, if not it is not started and the system 
programer must configure it and start it in the IPL process.  

        Then you can use ftp to put your file on the RS/6000, and runrmtcmd
type(*IP) to start the rexec process on the RS/6000.  This is a totally *IP 
native solution, adding SNA services to the RS/6000 would give you other 
options.

        Caution; do not confuse sbmrmtcmd which uses DDM files between AS/400
processors and runrmtcmd which is *IP rexec based, as I usally do.

        Good Luck, 
        Jeff Silberberg 

On Wed, 23 Apr 1997, Carl Galgano wrote:

> I have a client who has an AS400 & RS6000 on an ethernet network.  We are
> currently using FTP to transfer files and it works fine.  The AS400 is the
> client and the RS6000 is the server.
> 
> We now have a requirement that the AS400 run the program on the RS6000 that
> creates the file that is to be transfered to the AS400.  I would like to add
> an FTP command in my FTP script that will allow me to do this.  The RS600
> programmer to me to use the following to execute the program from a $ prompt
> on the RS6000:
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