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On Wed, 6 Feb 2002, Bernard McCartney wrote: > I know that there is Gumbo, and other AS/400 programs that convert > spools to PDF. > > But I am looking for a PC based program that converts spools to PDF and > automatically emails out. > > Since recession, Our budgets have been cut next to nothing. > > Free version will be the best. If you want a FREE solution... the "Linux" (or any modern unix) TN5250 program comes with a program called "lp5250d", which will act like a printer, and download spooled files to the PC. Then, it also comes with a utility called "scs2ps" which will convert the spooled file from IBM's SCS format to postscript. The (also free, open-source) Ghostscript package comes with a utility called ps2pdf that will convert postscript to PDF. So (and I just did this as a test) I can write a simple shell script that looks like this: #!/bin/sh exec 2>&- echo "To: klemscot@klements.com" echo "From: Spooler" echo "Subject: Spooled file" echo echo "Here's the spooled file you asked for:" echo /usr/local/bin/scs2ps | \ /usr/local/bin/ps2pdf - | \ /usr/bin/uuencode spoolfile.pdf || exit $? and then run lp5250d like this: lp5250d env.DEVNAME=PRT01 "outputcommand=/path/to/script|sendmail klemscot@klements.com" as400.example.com and now whenever I direct a spooled file to PRT01, it gets converted to PDF and e-mailed to me... not too bad for 5 minutes of work. So... that's my idea. You'll probably say "But! I'm running Windows!". Well, you didn't specify Windows in your request -- you just said PC. :) And if you really want things free, and open-source OS is a better choice.
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