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

Before You Begin

About This Book

Before You Begin

This book provides conﬁguration and usage information for the SNAplus2 APPC Application Suite. It also explains

how to install the asuite.tps ﬁle, which is used to select and execute the correct partner program, by using the

snatpinstall program.

The applications described in this book consist of pairs of TPs (transaction programs) that run on an SNA network.

Each application uses independent Logical Unit (LU) 6.2 protocols to communicate with partner applications running

on other nodes in an SNA network. The applications can be accessed from a server or from a HP-UX or Windows

client. For a list of applications, see Section 1.1,

What Is APPC Application Suite?.

Prerequisite Knowledge

Before reading this book, you should be familiar with the basics of SNAplus2.

About This Book

This section explains how information is organized and presented in this book.

Organization of This Book

This book is organized as follows:

• Chapter 1, APPC Application Suite for HP-UX Programs, provides an overview of APPC (Advanced Program-

to-Program Communication) Application Suite for SNAplus2 and explains how to conﬁgure your system to run

APPC applications.

• Chapter 2, AFTP, describes the

AFTP application, provides conﬁguration information, and explains how to

transfer ﬁles. It also lists and describes the subcommands you can use within the

AFTP shell.

• Chapter 3, ACOPY, describes the

ACOPY application. It also provides conﬁguration information and explains

the command options.

• Chapter 4, ANAME, describes the

ANAME application, provides conﬁguration information, and explains how to

add, remove, and view

ANAME database records. It also summarizes the supported

ANAME commands.

• Chapter 5, APING, describes the

APING application, and summarizes the

APING parameters and options.

• Chapter 6, AREXEC, describes the

AREXEC application, provides conﬁguration information, and summarizes the

AREXEC parameters and options.

• Chapter 7, ATELL, describes the

ATELL application, provides conﬁguration information, and summarizes the

ATELL parameters and options.

Typographic Conventions

Table 1, Typographic Conventions shows the typographic styles used in this document.