The build descriptor option destDirectory specifies the directory that stores the output of preparation, but only when you generate Java. This option is meaningful only when you generate into a directory rather than into a project. A similar option for COBOL generation is projectID.
When you specify a fully qualified file path, all but the last directory must exist. If you specify c:\buildout on Windows 2000, for example, EGL creates the buildout directory if it does not exist. If you specify c:\interim\buildout and the interim directory does not exist, however, preparation fails.
If you specify a relative directory (such as myid/mysource on USS), the output is placed in the bottom-most directory, which is relative to the default directory, as described next.
The default value of destDirectory is affected by the status of build descriptor option destHost:
The user specified by build descriptor option destUserID must have the authority to write to the directory that receives the output of preparation.
You cannot use a UNIX variable ($HOME, for example) to identify part of a directory structure on USS.
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Build descriptor options
destHost
genProject
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