RE: Software/Code Delivery Mechanism

That's almost exactly what I've been playing around with.

I have a CL that loads in an FTP script as the input override that logs into
a website, downloads a "version" file to the IFS, all automatically without
any user input. I then copy that file from the IFS into a member which I
read the value from and compare that to the current version that is loaded
to display a simple "A new version is available" message.

From there you could add a menu command that would automate the download,

rename, restore, and upgrade procedure all from the iseries.. Maybe even
create a menu based off what updates are available and when selected,
dynamically download programs and update all from the green screen. Anything
to avoid the old "download to pc, upload to iseries" routine would be good.
My only concern is most people don't like things done "automatically" on the
IBM side, they like to have control over it so I'm not sure how much use it
would get.

Too bad there isn't a native WGET command or something in PASE, could skip
the FTP script all together. Might have to play around with Scotts HTTPAPI
some more and see if I can get it to start up (says our dns is missing but
we can ping stuff, argh!).



Leonard

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[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Nathan Andelin
Sent: Monday, July 19, 2010 1:22 PM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: Re: Software/Code Delivery Mechanism

From: "rob@xxxxxxxxx"
Biggest problem I have...transferring files multiple times.

That's a good point. If you want to install packages on an IBM i server
then why download them to a PC, first? Why not compare what's installed on
YOUR IBM i server to what's available from a Web based repository, and then
synchronize the two?

I envision using something like HTTPAPI to compare a local repository, to a
remote repository, to synchronize the two. The user interface may be
browser based, but the file transfer may be from server to server, vs.
server to PC, then back to server. No need for the extra step.

-Nathan.