HP-UX SNAplus2 R7 APPC Application Suite User's Guide

AREXEC

Using AREXEC

6 AREXEC

APPC Remote EXECution (

AREXEC) enables you to execute any single command on a remote computer. All output

of the command that goes to standard output or standard error output is also routed to your screen.

AREXEC uses the following transaction programs:

•

AREXEC, which runs on the local computer (requester TP)

•

AREXECD, which runs on the remote computer (provider TP)

6.1 AREXEC Conﬁguration

If you have not already done so, install the asuite.tps ﬁle as described in Section 1.2.2, Conﬁguring Your

System. This ﬁle provides the standard conﬁguration for the provider TPs.

6.2 Using AREXEC

Use the following command syntax to invoke

AREXEC:

arexec [Options] RemoteSystemID Command

The simplest way to use

AREXEC is to specify only the RemoteSystemID (see Section 1.2.2, Conﬁguring Your System)

and the command. For example, you can start

AREXEC

in the following way:

arexec RemoteSystemID ls \*.c

This command sends the command ls *.c to the speciﬁed remote computer.

AREXECD, the AREXEC

partner

program on the remote computer, executes the command, and displays the results as the output of

AREXEC on the

local computer. If you specify any of the options more than once, the system uses the last one entered.

Security parameters may also be required, depending on how your system is conﬁgured.

6.2.1 AREXEC Parameters and Options

The AREXEC

parameters and options are as follows:

RemoteSystemID

This parameter identiﬁes the partner computer on which the

AREXECD

provider program runs. The

RemoteSystemID (partner LU name) can be a fully qualiﬁed partner LU name (FQPLU), a CPI-C symbolic

destination name,oran

ANAME alias.

For more information about RemoteSystemID, see Section 1.2.2, Conﬁguring Your System.

Command

The command string to be executed on the remote computer. For example, if the user ID is anon, then a

command of ls would list the contents of anon’s home directory, /home/anon.

-m ModeName

The mode name. The default mode name is #INTER.