Easy to use tool for saving, restoring and distributing IBMi Library Data

CRTEGG is a versatile tool for easy distribution of iSeries (AS/400) programs, objects or files.

This is used to save and compress any AS/400 library into a PC File ready for electronic transmission (ie: email, diskettes, CD, etc..) to any other user of PROJEX400 - think of this is the AS400 version of a ZIP file.

‘EGGS’ give tremendous compression, and facilitate simple transport of AS/400 data to other AS/400’s. For example, the entire PROJEX400 library loaded with data (around 50Mb) can be saved as an egg and than transported via email for less than a single megabyte. Using this as an example you could type the following command:

PROJEX4I/CRTEGG LIB(LIBNAME)                               
                EGG(*LIBRARY)                              
                NESTFLR(*PROJEX)                           
                EGGMSG('Hey John - Here is that Library I promised to send you')                
                TGTRLS(*CURRENT)                           
                ZIP(*YES)                              

This would calculate an Egg name of LIBNAME.EGG and place it in the PROJEX folder ready for you to copy to your PC for email or diskette transmission.

There are a few different command parameters on the CRTEGG command, all of which have extensive help text.

Obviously if you receive any EGG and want to install it - then you need PROJEX4i installed on your machine. If you want to look inside an EGG? Use DSPEG. If you want to restore an Egg? Use RSTEGG.

/me mumbles something about that being pretty obvious really.