My lotus client is on Windows, but I have a task to test how to kick off unix script using agent. Is it possible? Do I have to have a Lotus client on the Unix?
Subject: Kick off unix script using agent
Do I have to have a Lotus client on the Unix?
Well, no such thing exists, beyond using WINE etc.
As for your requirement, more detail is required, but you can’t really kick off scripts on other UNIX machines via an agent from a Windows client. Have you considered running this code as a background agent on the UNIX machine (running as a server)? Is this related to your other post?
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Subject: RE: Kick off unix script using agent
As Ben says, there is no Notes client for Unix. However, LotusScript and Java agents running on a Windows Notes client can communicate with other machines in a variety of ways, e.g. by issuing URL requests, by invoking a Domino server agent using the RunOnServer method, by using various remote call APIs available in the form of a Java library, by sing @DbCommand to invoke a stored procedure in a relational database thru ODBC, and so on.
Probably the easiest way is if the Unix system is also a Domino server; then you can use RunOnServer to run an agent that executes the script, or set up agents or servlets on the server to respond to a URL request or web service call.