For the server machine and the UNIX worker machine to exchange files, the two machines must share a common file system directory. This directory, which can be located on either machine (or on a third machine), serves as a file transfer point for the server and UNIX worker machines.

Create a shared directory that is accessible to both the server machine and the UNIX worker machine. It is important that the path the worker machine uses does not contain any special characters which the worker cannot handle. Because there are many ways to create a shared file directory, specific procedures are not provided in this guide. One common method of creating a shared directory is by creating the directory on the UNIX machine and accessing it using FTP on the server machine.

After creating the common file system, make note of the full path used by the server machine and the UNIX worker machine to access the common file system. These paths must be entered during a subsequent procedure.

In the example used in the following procedure, FTP is used to mimic a common file system. The full path from the server machine to the common file system is:

In this example, the full path from the UNIX worker machine to the shared file directory is: