UNIX and Linux Applications

To begin:
I use Linux

The Problem:
I need bcp functionality for scripts. Perl modules, such as Sybase:xfer, require ctlib which comes with Sybase Open Client. Talking with Sybase sales
reps is an exercise in futility and hate. They know absolutely nothing about their own products and will not return your calls or emails to avoid the "difficult questions" ...

Anyone else tackle this? Also, it should be noted that older perl modules like
Sybase::BCP and Sybase::BKLIB no longer work with newer versions of Sybase, though they do not depend on ctlib.

Any Open Client users out there? Where did you get it, what did get ...lastly, what do you run it on?

I hope we replace this application with something not dependent on Sybase in the future, but I'm stuck now. Do I actually need the whole ASE distribution just for ctlib/open client?

Thanks for reading!

Bubnoff

** UPDATE ** I installed the full ASE package just for this minimal functionality ...what a pain. We do what we have to do I guess.
The package comes with an Open Client I will try just installing that on a different machine.