Re: accessing PF from freebsd machine with perl

[Scott Klement <rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> The freebsd box (I hope, I run linux, not freebsd) can mount some share on
> the AS/400. By share, I mean a shared directory in the IFS using netserver
> stuff, AKA Windows sharing, AKA CIFS, AKA NetBIOS et al. After doing the
> mount, the share will look to the freebsd box like local storage.

That's true, you could do that.  However, I'd recommend using NFS in 
preference to SMB/CIFS. It just fits the paradigm better.

This method also doesn't work well when you need real-time response, since 
it requires a program to poll for a file or record to exist. 
Program-to-program communications are more efficient if you need real-time 
response.

There's also a huge risk of timing problems. You need to be very careful 
that you don't have two things writing to the same file, and that the CGI 
programs don't ever add to files that have already been processed. So this 
will take careful planning.

> After the CGI is done writing, the AS/400 could CPYFRMSTMF to some
> physical under QSYS.

That would be horribly inefficient. Just read the stream file from the RPG 
application, or write it to QSYS in the first place.