Basic file manipulation on AIX box via windows script? 1

[MCubitt]

I would like to be able to copy/move files on our AIX box via Windows scripts. The reason is that the people who will run the scripts use Windows and are used to it.

Is this possible, with the scripts on Windows, or will I have to run remote scripts that live on AIX?

Thanks





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[hfaix]

I'm moderately confused by what you're asking for.

What will the people on the windows PC be doing? Writing windows / dos scripts or AIX ksh/sh/csh/tcsh ? Do they just want to modify AIX scripts from their pc? If so, then consider samba.

 

[MCubitt]

Sorry, not very clear!

The scripts will already exist, they will COPY, MOVE and DELETE files that exist on teh UNIX server.

However, they will access these scripts from Windows, not UNIX.

..I hope!




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[RodKnowlton]

The latest version of WS_FTP Pro features both "remote to remote transfer" and scripting.

Depending on what you're trying to do, you may not need the "remote to remote" part, but it's there if you need to use two different ftp connections to the same server and transfer between them.

You probably only need a scriptable ftp client for Windows, of which there are many. The command line ftp in Windows is also scriptable, but I don't recall if there's a way to have it prompt for username/password, which you'll probably want to do both for security and flexibility.

Rod Knowlton
IBM Certified Advanced Technical Expert pSeries and AIX 5L
CompTIA Linux+
CompTIA Security+

 

[MCubitt]

Rod,

Thanks for the suggestion.

I think I will just tell the users it's UNIX scripts and to get on with it, and stop whinging!

Thanks




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[stefanhei]

Hi MCubitt,
you could also install Samba and expose the directories to the Windowsworld. Have a look here for more information.

Stefan

 

[MCubitt]

stef,

Actually we do have Samba installed, though I didn't get involved with it yet.

However, I think for simplicity sake (and time constraints!) it'll be UNIX scripts.

Thanks anyway



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