Invoking a build plan after generation

You may wish to create a build plan and to invoke that plan at a later time. This case might occur, for example, if a network failure prevents you from preparing code on a remote machine at generation time.

To invoke a build plan in this case, complete the following steps:

1. Make sure that eglbatchgen.jar is in your Java classpath, as happens automatically on the machine where you install EGL. The jar file is in the following directory:

   installationDir\egl\eclipse\plugins\
   com.ibm.etools.egl.batchgeneration_version

   installationDir

   The product installation directory, such as C:\Program Files\IBM\RSPD\6.0. If you installed and kept a Rational Developer product before installing the product that you are using now, you may need to specify the directory that was used in the earlier install.

   version

   The installed version of the plugin; for example, 6.0.0

2. Similarly, make sure that your PATH variable includes that directory.

3. From a command line, enter the following command:

   java com.ibm.etools.egl.distributedbuild.BuildPlanLauncher bp

   bp

   The fully qualified path of the build plan file. For details on the name of the generated file, see Generated output (reference).

Related concepts
Build plan
Generation

Related tasks
Building EGL output

Related reference
Build descriptor options
Generated output (reference)