Abstract for z/OS® UNIX System Services File System Interface Reference
Purpose of this information
This document is intended for a specialized audience: system programmers using C or assembler language to create a physical file system (PFS) or a virtual file system (VFS) server, or to port a PFS or a VFS server to z/OS UNIX. Knowledge of POSIX or UNIX is assumed.
Depending on the complexity of the PFS or VFS server involved, a considerable amount of MVS™ system programming knowledge might be required. Detailed
information about MVS services that might be needed can be
found in:
- z/OS MVS Programming: Authorized Assembler Services Reference ALE-DYN
- z/OS MVS Programming: Authorized Assembler Services Reference EDT-IXG
- z/OS MVS Programming: Authorized Assembler Services Reference LLA-SDU
- z/OS MVS Programming: Authorized Assembler Services Reference SET-WTO
- z/OS MVS Programming: Extended Addressability Guide
- z/OS MVS Programming: Authorized Assembler Services Guide
Who should read this information?
This document is intended for a specialized audience: system programmers using C or assembler language to create a physical file system (PFS) or a virtual file system (VFS) server, or to port a PFS or a VFS server to z/OS UNIX. Knowledge of POSIX or UNIX is assumed.
Related information
You can find more detailed
information about sockets and their operations in various publications,
including the following ones:
- 4.3BSD UNIX Operating System, by S. J. Leffler et al.
- z/OS XL C/C++ Programming Guide
- z/OS XL C/C++ Runtime Library Reference
- AIX® Version 4.3 Communications Programming Concepts, SC23-4124
You can find detailed information about timer units in z/Architecture® Principles of Operation, SA22-7832.