Using the open source languages (PHP, Ruby, Node.js, Python, amongst others) has become a commonplace activity on IBM i. But what if you want to call these utilities from ILE RPG or CL programs? How will you call them when they're in a completely different environment on the system?
In this session, Scott introduces an open source (FREE) tool called UNIXCMD that is designed to make it easy to call software in the PASE or QShell environment from RPG or CL programs, and demonstrates how to use it.
Learning Objectives:
- Learn the challenges of calling PASE and QShell programs from ILE
- Discover the UNIXCMD utlity and how it makes it much easier
- See examples of calling open source tools from RPG and CL
