Re: Non-Windows version of IBM Softcopy Librarian?
- From: davecartwright@xxxxxxxxxxxx (Dave Cartwright)
- Date: 6 Sep 2005 00:55:20 -0700
John,
Have you tried it under WINE? I have not myself worked with WINE, I just
know how to spell it.
Dave
On Tue, 6 Sep 2005 10:42:58 +1000, Fenner, Jim <Jim.Fenner@xxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
>John,
> Always enjoy your posts!
>Have you considered buying VMWare for Linux and running (a licensed copy
>of) Windows under Linux as an application?
>It's attractive because (i) you can run any windows app (ii) and if that
>app insists on an older version of Windows, install that version of
>windows into a VM and bob's your uncle (iii) it is just S-O C-O-O-L!!!!
>
>Jim
>
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@xxxxxxxxxxxx
>Behalf Of McKown, John
>Sent: 6 Sep 2005 04:59
>To: IBM-MAIN@xxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: Non-Windows version of IBM Softcopy Librarian?
>
>Is there such a beastie? I would really prefer to have a z/OS based, or
>even Linux based version of this utility. Is there one? If not, how much
>trouble would I be in if I were to try to create one? I am running the
>Windows based one on my home system. But it uses my Linux based HTTP
>proxy (squid) because I don't let my Windows system out onto the
>Internet. I have reviewed my Squid logs and found the host name of the
>IBM server as well as the names of the control files. I have looked at
>the control files and they are simply text files with more variable
>information in them. It is fairly likely that even I could write a
>replacement program. Most likely in Perl, but maybe even in Java. Both
>Perl and Java are available for both the z/OS and Linux systems (Windows
>too, of course). I guess that it will depend on how irritated I get with
>Windows again.
>
>If you're wondering why I'm using my home system for this, it is because
>my work has a "packet shaper" which reduces my ftp speed to about 4Kb/s
>in order to conserve bandwidth for higher priority work.
>
>
>--
>John McKown
>Senior Systems Programmer
>UICI Insurance Center
>Information Technology
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