Integrated File System
As part of i5/OS, the integrated file system provides an integrated structure over data stored in the iSeries system.
This file system supports stream input/output and storage management like personal computers and UNIX operating systems.
Integrated File System Types
- /QLANSrv is a LAN server file system
- /QDLS is a document library file system
- /QSYS.LIB is the iSeries DB2 file system
- /QOpenSys is a UNIX-style file system
- All others are part of the root file system
Specifying a Path Name
The integrated file system recognizes the objects by the path specification. You must specify the fully qualified path name to transfer a file. Sterling Connect:Direct for i5/OS identifies a path that starts with a slash (/) or a backslash (\) as a request for the integrated file system.
The integrated file system does not support file field description. You cannot specify the SNDFFD(*YES) under this file system. Similarly, you cannot specify SELECT or EXCLUDE with the integrated file system.
To use this system, specify the fully qualified path name in one of the following formats:
/QSYS.LIB/library-name.LIB/file-name.FILE/member-name.MBR
Specifies the library, file name, and member name to be copied using the integrated file system.
/directory/file-name|/QLANSrv/file-name|/QDLS/folder-name| /QOpenSys/file-name
Specifies the directory, folder, and file names to be copied using the integrated file system.
Directories like /QOpenSys and /root are case-sensitive. The /QSYS.LIB notation is case-sensitive only if you enclose the name in single quotation marks.
Controlling the Character Set
You can control the coded character set ID used by the integrated file system. To specify a coded character set ID other than the job-coded or the system-coded character set, set the SYSOPTS parameter called CCSID to the character set you want to use, for example, CCSID(819).
If this parameter is not set, the system default for CCSID is used.