Where to get NetREXX?

I have spent a fruitless quarter hour with the page at
http://www-306.ibm.com/software/awdtools/netrexx/, which purports to be the
NetREXX Home Page, and to which I have been directed by several other sites
at THE place to get NetREXX. Following links labelled "Download" have only
led me in circles or to black holes. Does anybody know how to actually get
this file?
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yusakhar

On Mon, 31 Mar 2008 22:14:53 UTC, yusakhar <some.user@some.domain>
wrote:

-> I have spent a fruitless quarter hour with the page at
-> http://www-306.ibm.com/software/awdtools/netrexx/, which purports to be t
he
-> NetREXX Home Page, and to which I have been directed by several other sit
es
-> at THE place to get NetREXX. Following links labelled "Download" have onl
y
-> led me in circles or to black holes. Does anybody know how to actually ge
t
-> this file?

Did you go to
http://www-306.ibm.com/software/awd...x/download.html ?

That has a link to the actual NetRexx pckage
ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/software...exx/NetRexx.zip and
links to the docs.

Mark

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Mark Dodel wrote:

> On Mon, 31 Mar 2008 22:14:53 UTC, yusakhar <some.user@some.domain>
> wrote:
>
> -> I have spent a fruitless quarter hour with the page at
> -> http://www-306.ibm.com/software/awdtools/netrexx/, which purports to be
> the -> NetREXX Home Page, and to which I have been directed by several
> other sites -> at THE place to get NetREXX. Following links labelled
> "Download" have only -> led me in circles or to black holes. Does anybody
> know how to actually get -> this file?
>
> Did you go to
> http://www-306.ibm.com/software/awd...x/download.html ?

No, if I had got there, the game would have been over. I did not find a link
or hint on the page I saw that would lead me to that last step.

> That has a link to the actual NetRexx pckage
> ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/software...exx/NetRexx.zip and
> links to the docs.

I have it all now. Thanks.

> Mark
>
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yusakhar

On Tue, 1 Apr 2008 09:50:45 UTC, yusakhar <some.user@some.domain>
wrote:

-> Mark Dodel wrote:
->
-> > On Mon, 31 Mar 2008 22:14:53 UTC, yusakhar <some.user@some.domain>
-> > wrote:
-> >
-> > -> I have spent a fruitless quarter hour with the page at
-> > -> http://www-306.ibm.com/software/awdtools/netrexx/, which purports to
 be
-> > the -> NetREXX Home Page, and to which I have been directed by several
-> > other sites -> at THE place to get NetREXX. Following links labelled
-> > "Download" have only -> led me in circles or to black holes. Does anybo
dy
-> > know how to actually get -> this file?
-> >
-> > Did you go to
-> > http://www-306.ibm.com/software/awd...x/download.html ?
->
-> No, if I had got there, the game would have been over. I did not find a l
ink
-> or hint on the page I saw that would lead me to that last step.
->
-> > That has a link to the actual NetRexx pckage
-> > ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/software...exx/NetRexx.zip and
-> > links to the docs.
->
-> I have it all now. Thanks.
->

The original NetREXX page really displays poorly in Firefox on
eComStation.  It took me a while to figure out where the download link
was to get to that page.

Mark



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Warpstock 2007 - Toronto, Ontario, Canada: http://www.warpstock.org
Warpstock Europe - Valkenswaard close to Eindhoven, the Netherlands:
http://www.warpstock.eu

Mark Dodel wrote:

> On Tue, 1 Apr 2008 09:50:45 UTC, yusakhar <some.user@some.domain>
> wrote:
>
> -> Mark Dodel wrote:
> ->
> -> > On Mon, 31 Mar 2008 22:14:53 UTC, yusakhar <some.user@some.domain>
> -> > wrote:
> -> >
> -> > -> I have spent a fruitless quarter hour with the page at
> -> > -> http://www-306.ibm.com/software/awdtools/netrexx/, which purports
> to be -> > the -> NetREXX Home Page, and to which I have been directed by
> several -> > other sites -> at THE place to get NetREXX. Following links
> labelled -> > "Download" have only -> led me in circles or to black holes.
> Does anybody -> > know how to actually get -> this file?
> -> >
> -> > Did you go to
> -> > http://www-306.ibm.com/software/awd...x/download.html ?
> ->
> -> No, if I had got there, the game would have been over. I did not find a
> link -> or hint on the page I saw that would lead me to that last step.
> ->
> -> > That has a link to the actual NetRexx pckage
> -> > ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/software...exx/NetRexx.zip and
> -> > links to the docs.
> ->
> -> I have it all now. Thanks.
> ->
>
> The original NetREXX page really displays poorly in Firefox on
> eComStation.  It took me a while to figure out where the download link
> was to get to that page.
>
> Mark

That's not the only problem on there. The README that comes with the package
claims that the compiler is in file tools.jar, and tells you where to copy
it to, which was true in earlier releases. Unfortunately, there is no file
of that name in the package. I've send an email off to IBM to ask for
advice, but I think the compiler is in file NetRexxR.jar now.

IBM Strikes Again.

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yusakhar

On Wed, 02 Apr 2008 01:21:20 +0300, yusakhar <some.user@some.domain>
wrote:

>Mark Dodel wrote:
> 
>
>That's not the only problem on there. The README that comes with the packag
e
>claims that the compiler is in file tools.jar, and tells you where to copy
>it to, which was true in earlier releases. Unfortunately, there is no file
>of that name in the package. I've send an email off to IBM to ask for
>advice, but I think the compiler is in file NetRexxR.jar now.
>
>IBM Strikes Again.
The 'lib\tools.jar' file contains the javac compiler not the NetRexx
translator which is in the 'NetRexxC.jar' file.
HTH
John

John R. Macdonald wrote:

> On Wed, 02 Apr 2008 01:21:20 +0300, yusakhar <some.user@some.domain>
> wrote:
> 
> The 'lib\tools.jar' file contains the javac compiler not the NetRexx
> translator which is in the 'NetRexxC.jar' file.
> HTH
> John

Right you are. Then perhaps it is not an accident that it is not present in
this drop; IBM may expect that the user will find is own javac compiler,
and may avoid saying so in order to leave that matter as a tutorial
exercise. :)

Then what's NetRexxR.jar?

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yusakhar

On 2008-04-02, yusakhar <some.user@some.domain> wrote:
> Then what's NetRexxR.jar?

The runtime libraries, so that you can install/distribute netrexx
applications without having to add the compiler too.

[Reading the included documentation (say, the user's guide) may be a
more effective option than simply asking basic questions here.]
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Martin Lafaix <lafaix@online.fr>
Team OS/2
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