User's Guide for MS-DOS Clients

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Basic Reference

Using UNIX System Commands

Netrun

Purpose

The netrun command runs a program or command on a LAN Manager OS/

2 or UNIX system server.

NOTE: Netrun does not work on Windows NT Advanced Servers or workstations. You

cannot use the netrun command to run interactive programs such as word processors

or spreadsheets.

Syntax

netrun command

where

command

Is the name of a program you want to run. The program file must have a .EXE

extension. You don’t need to supply the filename extension when you type the

command.

Comments

The netrun command lets you use another computer’s processing power to

run a program. You may need the help of your administrator to use this

command.

To run a program on a server

1 Get the filename of the program you want to run and the computername of the

server you want to use.

2 Connect to a shared directory on the server with the net use command.

3 Change your current directory to the shared directory. This directory need not

contain the program you want to run; the administrator defines which programs

you can run.

4 Type netrun followed by the filename of the program and any options or vari-

ables the program requires.

If the program you are running has options or variables that include

ﬁlenames, specify the full path for each ﬁle. If a drive letter is included in the

path, LAN Manager assumes that the drive is one of the server’s drives.