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 20Mb) can be saved as an egg and than transported via email or posted zipped onto single diskette. Using this as an example you could type the following command:

CRTEGG LIB(PROJEX400) EGG(*CALC) EGGTYPE(*FOLDER) NESTFLR(*PROJEX) TGTRLS(*CURRENT) EGGDTACPR(*YES)

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

Note that the EGGDTACPR (*YES)parameter uses extra compression - this should only be set to *NO if you experience problems reading the Egg at the destination machine. We have found this to be a problem when sending between Cisc and Risc machines, or if there is a big difference in installed versions.

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