Guru: A Simple Script That Capitalizes on IBM i’s Open Source Capabilities

April 26, 2021 Rob McNelly

In my last piece, we got Yum and Bash running on IBM i. Now let’s build on that foundation to find an open campsite.

I’m serious. Recently I used an IBM i LPAR to schedule a hiking and camping trip to the Grand Canyon. Where to begin? My bio, perhaps. Here it’s mentioned that “Rob enjoys camping, hiking, biking, and backpacking through the mountains of Arizona. . . . His favorite trip was hiking to the blue waters of Havasupai, and he is planning on hiking the Grand Canyon in the near future.”

So last summer I went …