Re: How did AIX beat out i5/OS was: IBM tech support for BCS

On Fri, Aug 8, 2008 at 6:19 PM, Lukas Beeler
<lukas.beeler@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Fri, Aug 8, 2008 at 8:15 PM, Steve Richter <stephenrichter@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

just asking about things I dont understand. Why is there not a decent
CMD language interface to AIX? Instead of IBM having 4 techs on the

There is? I still think that the Unix commandline (especially with a
modern shell and full autocompletion) is vastly superior for
interactive use than any of the alternatives. There is no other
commandline with such a vast array of utilities available to read
mail, surf the web, control multiple virtual screens, etc. pp.

I want the AIX command line to function the same as command entry.
Commands have a consistent name, are promptable, help is available on
each parameter, commands can be logged to the joblog, scripts can be
compiled as native programs on the platform.

line with me for 40 minutes I would think it would be better to write
and ship a better PuTTY, one that could figure out that a console

PuTTY is an SSH Client and vt100+extensions emulator. Like a 5250
emulator. It doesn't have anything to do with how the system works.

I guess the issue is with VIOS or the AMM running the console command
and returning with error messages when the console is in use
elsewhere. The instructions say to run "env -T blade[x]" then
"console". Maybe there are parms on the console command which cause
it to return immed when the console is not available. Looking at the
AIX infocenter
http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/pseries/v5r3/topic/com.ibm.aix.doc/doc/base/aixpdfs.htm
I find the "env" command but no -T argument. I dont see the "console" command.