barrettotte/IBMi-Lib-Repo

A tool for exporting all members from a library via FTP to create a git repository.

IBMi-Lib-Repo

A tool for exporting all members from a library via FTP to create a git repository directory structure.

This was made to make taking notes on learning the IBMi easier and to prototype some logic for an IBMi API I'm writing.

Dependencies

• Python 3.7
  • progress
• IBMi with FTP enabled and user with correct authorities

Example

• Example of my personal library, BOLIB, found in ./out.
• config.json file included as config.example.json.

Usage

• Generate library repo for existing configuration with credentials promptpython IBMi-lib-repo.py -e barrett-test
• Generate library repo for existing configuration with credentials passedpython IBMi-lib-repo.py -e barrett-test --creds MYUSER MYPASSWORD
• Setup new configuration and generate library repo python IBMi-lib-repo.py -n
• Show help info python IBMi-lib-repo.py -h

References

• QSYS2.generate_sql https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/ssw_ibm_i_72/rzajq/rzajqprocgensql.htm
• https://stackoverflow.com/questions/24398044/downloading-a-lot-of-files-using-python
• https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/ssw_ibm_i_72/sqlp/rbafypdf.pdf