Triggering background job event from Unix script

Hi all,
I am having one question regarding triggering of background job in SAP using Events from Unix script. Is this possible? If so, can anyboy provide some sample code related to Unix script and how do we communicate to SAP from Unix system. Actually, here the backend of R/3 system is MSSQL. I am having a program in R/3 system which is scheduled as a background job based upon event trigger. I want to trigger that even from the unix script.
Appreciate for your help in advance.
Thanks,
Adithya K

Hi,
Check if this can help you
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_sm32/helpdata/en/fa/096e6b543b11d1898e0000e8322d00/content.htm
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Atish

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