Create Custom Package window: i5/OS page
This topic describes the Create Custom Package window: i5/OS page
in IBM Director.
Fields
- Package can be distributed to i5/OS
- This check box, when enabled, indicates that this package can be distributed
to an i5/OS system. When this check box is selected the other fields on this
page become active.
- Destination Directory
- Specifies the fully qualified path for where you want to put the files
on the target systems. If you selected one or more subdirectories to distribute,
the directory structures are appended to this path.
Note: If the path contains
a space then the complete path should be enclosed within quotations (").
- Execute Pre-Distribution
- Program or programs that are to be executed before this
distribution is run. The use of system Environment variables are
supported in the entering of the path. Correct syntax for using a system environment
variable is CRTLIB $(env_var) If you use a system environment
variable, you must select to run in Native mode.
- Advanced
- User ID
- The user ID to use for this distribution.
- Password
- The password associated with the user ID.
- Confirm Password
- Reentry of the password to confirm accuracy.
- Programs
- This pane provides for the selection of programs to be executed before
the distribution
- Path
- The path to the program.
Note: If the path contains a space then the
complete path should be enclosed within quotations (").
- Arguments
- Parameters and settings to be used by the executing program.
- QShell
- Commands to execute in the i5/OS shell.
- Add...
- Clicking Add displays a dialog for entering a Path and Arguments.
Click OK to save the entered data in the Pre-Distribution
Advanced settings pane, or Cancel to discard the entered
data.
- Remove
- Clicking Remove erases the highlighted item in
the Path/Arguments pane.
- Up and Down arrows
- These arrows are used to alter the sequence of items in the Path/Arguments
pane. Select an item by clicking, then move the item up with the up (red)
arrow, or down with the down (blue) arrow until the desired sequence is obtained.
- Native or QShell
- These radio buttons allow you to select between running in Native mode
or QShell.
- File exists on target system
- This check box, when selected, indicates that the file that is to be executed
exists on the target system.
- Execute Post-Distribution
- Program or programs that are to be executed after this distribution
is run. The use of system Environment variables are
supported in the entering of the path. Correct syntax for using a system environment
variable is CRTLIB $(env_var) If you use a system environment
variable, you must select to run in Native mode.
- Advanced
- User ID
- The user ID to use for this distribution.
- Password
- The password associated with the user ID.
- Confirm Password
- Reentry of the password to confirm accuracy.
- Programs
- This pane provides for the selection of programs to be executed before
the distribution
- Path
- The path to the program.
Note: If the path contains a space then the
complete path should be enclosed within quotations (").
- Arguments
- Parameters and settings to be used by the executing program.
- QShell
- Commands to execute in the i5/OS shell.
- Add...
- Clicking Add displays a dialog for entering a Path and Arguments.
Click OK to save the entered data in the Pre-Distribution
Advanced settings pane, or Cancel to discard the entered
data.
- Remove
- Clicking Remove erases the highlighted item in
the Path/Arguments pane.
- Up and Down arrows
- These arrows are used to alter the sequence of items in the Path/Arguments
pane. Select an item by clicking, then move the item up with the up (red)
arrow, or down with the down (blue) arrow until the desired sequence is obtained.
- Native or QShell
- These radio buttons allow you to select between running in Native mode
or QShell.
- File Permissions
- Displays the File Permissions pane where you can set the file and directory
permissions.