Jonny,

>Is it possible to create a file from MPE/iX7.0 and make that file
>read/write on a samba-share?

Yes, there are different ways to accomplish this. You could use the
/bin/tobyte utility to copy a directory that is configured in smb.conf
to be shared for PC access. Or you could probably use an appropriate
FILE equation when creating the Image extract to make sure it is written
in bytestream format (not fixed or variable ASCII records).

You could use an existing share definition from the sample Samba config
files or create an explicit one, probably in the account where the DB
extract is performed. You can optionally protect access to the shared
directory with password(s).

In addition to making sure that the file written to the shared directory
is in bytestream format, you might -depending on the PC needs- also have
to convert from LF to CR+LF line delimiters (assuming text file) and in
some cases also convert from Roman8 to Windows character set (for special
characters like Umlaut, accent, Angstroem, etc).

Let me know if you'd like more details or examples.


>I need to move data from the turboImage-database to a windows-workstation.

If you have Image/SQL installed, you might also want to consider using
ODBCLink/SE for directly accessing Image data from the PC side. You can
find server and client programs in @.ODBCSE.SYS and a related manual at
the http://docs.hp.com/mpeix web site.

Lars.


Oh, by the way, an alternative to putting the data into an HP 3000 group
or HFS directory that grants PC access via the Samba/iX server jobs, you
could also use smbclient to deposit the file onto a PC disk drive (if the
PC shares part of its disk space "to the network").

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