RE: Copy a file from IFS to an NT box on network

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Rick,

You've already gotten the QNTC alternative for NT.  Another approach would
be to get Microsoft's Services for Unix product (about $150).  There is a
very good NFS server in there that you can use to create an NFS share on the
NT box.  You can then use ADDMFS TYPE(*NFS) to mount the share over a
directory in the IFS.  When your 400 program copied the file to that IFS
directory, it would go directly to the NT box.  We use this approach to copy
about 1GB per month to NT and we have not had an error yet; works great and
it's fast.

Tim

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To: midrange-l@midrange.com
From: "Richard B Baird" <rbaird@esourceconsulting.com>
Subject: Copy a file from IFS to an NT box on network
Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2002 13:15:31 -0500
Reply-To: midrange-l@midrange.com

hey all,

when answering, keep in mind that i am decidedly not well versed in the
mysteries of networking - iseries, NT, novell, etc. - but i've been asked
to recommend a way of doing the following:

situation: Iseries (v5r1) on corporate network - a mixture of NT and
Netware.

they currently have software that monitors an outq dataque, and creates a
.PDF file from reports that appear on that outq, and places the pdfs in the
ifs.

we would like to modify this, so that it will do one of the following...

in addition to the IFS, write the .pdf to a pc disk too (probably Win2k, or
similar) also on the network.

or

monitor for new files in that path on the ifs, and copy the files to the pc
disk.

the idea being that users can access the files, without being given any
authority to the iseries IFS.

prefer to use rpg and/or cl.

so, I guess what I'm saying is, can as/400 programs recognise other network
paths?  is it just a matter of specifying '//computername/c$' or similar
instead of using an ifs path?

I'd appreciate any recommendations, or even a little direction.

thanks a bunch,

rick

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