Use the EGLPREP command outside of the workbench to prepare multiple generated COBOL programs on the host. The utility monitors a specified folder for buildplan files created by the EGL COBOL generation process. When EGLPREP finds a new buildplan file, it starts a new thread and launches the build plan. You may set an optional parameter to limit the number of threads to be started.
As each build plan finishes, EGLPREP updates a history file named batchBuild.html in the same folder where the utility looks for buildplan files. This file shows the results of each completed build plan.
If you generate COBOL programs from the workbench with the build descriptor option prep set to yes, EGL waits for each compile to finish before generating the next program. By setting the prep build descriptor option to NO, you shift responsibility for compilation to the EGLPREP utility, which takes advantage of the ability of the z/OS® and iSeries® to run multiple compilations at the same time.
SharedInstallDirectory\plugins\com.ibm.etools.egl.batchgeneration_version\runtime
The substitution variables are as follows:
If you installed and kept a previous version of the EGL developer product before installing the product that you are using now, the shared installation directory of interest may be the directory that was used in the earlier install.
java EGLPREP foldername [-searchSubfolders]
[-maxThreadsn]
[-clearHistory]