BOUTLOAD allows you to copy, delete and unload record types from a database quickly.
You can use BOUTLOAD when you want to unload a database partly or fully and then reload it, or when you want to evaluate the data.
For restructuring purposes with BALTER, it is only necessary to unload record types in a few exceptional cases, e.g. if you want to include the DUPLICATES NOT ALLOWED clause in order to detect duplicates.
The files generated by BOUTLOAD can be reread by BINILOAD. Furthermore, BOUTLOAD outputs the control statements for a following BINILOAD run to SYSLST if the parameter SET-INFORMATION is set to YES. If SYSLST is assigned to a file, this file can be subsequently modified and used for BINILOAD.
BOUTLOAD can also unload records with items of variable length.