Re: Differences in QP2TERM and SSH (pUTTY)

[Scott Klement <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello Pete,

> For example, java -version in QSH and QP2TERM produce: java version
> "1.4.2".  In pUTTY, nothing is output. Not even an error.

Hmmm... I can't explain why that is.  That's very weird...  I suspect it 
has something to do with the way IBM implemented Java on i5/OS.  (FWIW, 
I just tried it on my box, and I get the same result.)

> echoing the $PATH variable DOES provide the same information between 
> QSH, QP2TERM and SSH.  But I am not sure where other things like java
> CLASSPATHs and such are set when accessing PASE through other shells
> (like pUTTY using SSH).

You can type 'env' in PASE to get a list of environment variables and 
their settings, if that helps.

Just for clarity, though...   PuTTY isn't a shell.  It's a 
Telnet/SSH/RLogin program for Windows.  It's what we would traditionally 
refer to as a "terminal emulator".

A shell is a program that runs on the host (in this case, a PASE program 
running on i5/OS) that interprets the commands you type.  Theoretically, 
QP2TERM via a 5250 emulator, and PuTTY should use the same shells.