Being the original questioner, I will say that anything I might write for the "Librarian" functionality would probably be written in Perl. Perl is fairly transportable. However, I am likely to end up using modules from CPAN for utility functions (such an ftp and http functions). I don't know how portable the various CPAN modules are. It most likely varies greatly.
My main concern at this point, beyond my ability, is whether IBM corporation could sue me. I've read so much about this sort of thing that I'm intimidated (as was the intent). Also, could IBM do something due to the fact that my code would need to access their, publicly accessable, web pages? For an example, the first "load" to do is via http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/epubs/df/ebrscrt.des That is a very simple text document which lists the other descriptor files. Parsing up these files should be so simple that even I could write a program to do it. But the legalities stymie me. I'm a coward, I guess. -- John McKown Senior Systems Programmer UICI Insurance Center Information Technology This message (including any attachments) contains confidential information intended for a specific individual and purpose, and its' content is protected by law. If you are not the intended recipient, you should delete this message and are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, or distribution of this transmission, or taking any action based on it, is strictly prohibited. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
