The program we created last time shows how to read through a message file looking for a particular text string, but we generally do not search and change system messages (we only have the snd_error_msg() […]
Category: Open Source
Let’s ‘C’ again
The previous blog posts Let’s ‘C’ and Lets ‘C’ more looked at building a couple of service programs, this post is going to take some of that functionality and use it in a program.One of […]
Let’s ‘C’ more..
OK so if you have been following from the previous post and would like to take it to the next step here it is. This post is going to complement the last so if you have […]
Let’s ‘C’
I have been programming ‘C’ on the IBM i for many years in total deference to RPG. I have had to delve into RPG a couple of times to help out at a couple of […]
Access IBM i via Linux Nginx.
We have a number of clients who are running iAMP as their IBM i HTTP/PHP server. Aura have not supported iAMP for a very long time and have been reluctant to share the build process […]
Collaboration in the IBM i Circle
Every year Shield Advanced Solutions, attends Common’s annual event and Expo where we connect and reconnect with the Power Systems and IBM i businesses and more importantly some of the best specialized professionals in this […]
NGINX install
There is a recent post from Jesse Grozinski A-Tale-of-Two-Web-Servers which gives some information about the addition of NGINX to the IBM i suite of HTTP Servers. We feel that the post needed a little more detail for those […]
Installing git and getting our first Open Source Software
In the previous post I discussed the fact that we have two Open Source camps on the IBM i, I believe the easiest start into the community for many is going to be via the […]
Getting Started with Open Source using what you already know.
One of the problems many people have with Open Source on the IBM i is know just where to start. I think some of this can be contributed to the way we have started the […]
Working with OSSILE,Rdi,IProjects and git.
I was surprised on a recent Crowdcast from the OSSILE group to hear that in order to use git you had to migrate your source code to IFS based files? Having developed a lot of […]