long filenames on Shared Folder (QDLS)?
mik...@mindsync.com
long filename PC files to the Shared folder QDLS? I could not find
anything on IBM's site (no surprise).. any help is very appreciated
mi...@nisusa.com
Tim
in other directories in the IFS
mik...@mindsync.com wrote in message
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Richard Walter
you should saving files with long filenames in the IFS, best in
/QOpenSys, it´s case sensitive too.
Best regards
Richard
mik...@mindsync.com schrieb:
Uwe Fischer
to my knowledge it is not possible to use long filenames in QDLS.
Why don´t you use the home Directory in the IFS - there you can use long
names - or just create a own directory in the IFS.
Hope it helps
Uwe
mik...@mindsync.com wrote:
>
> Greetings...does anyone out there know of a fix to allow saving of
> long filename PC files to the Shared folder QDLS? I could not find
> anything on IBM's site (no surprise).. any help is very appreciated
> mi...@nisusa.com
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Uwe Fischer
RZB-Leuchten Bamberg
Patrick Schmidt
all other are long format name
QOpenSys Is long format name with case sensitive
Karl Hanson
>
> QDLS is 8.3 format
> all other are long format name
The QSYS.LIB file system name format is 10.6 ... some other file systems
have other restrictions, such as the total path length. See section 5.1
File System Comparison in the IFS Intro manual:
http://publib.boulder.ibm.com:80/cgi-bin/bookmgr/DOCNUM/SC41-5711-02
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Karl Hanson
Darryl Johns
>Greetings...does anyone out there know of a fix to allow saving of
>long filename PC files to the Shared folder QDLS? I could not find
>anything on IBM's site (no surprise).. any help is very appreciated
>mi...@nisusa.com
Mike,
QDLS, the folder management file system has an 8.3 restriction and I doubt
that will ever be lifted. It's there for DOS compatibility. If you want
long file names then use the "root" system. Create your own subdirectory,
outside of QDLS, and store your files there. You may want to review the
documentation on the subject of the IFS.
As for you comment about not being able to find anything on IBM's site (no
surprise), where did you look? Every AS/400 manual is availble on the web
for V3R2 up through V4R3. Simply go to: http://as400bks.rochester.ibm.com
Regards,
Darryl Johns
IBM AS/400 e-Business Specialist
djo...@us.ibm.com
(opinions expressed are my own not necessarily those of
my employer)
Chuck Luttor
>Greetings...does anyone out there know of a fix to allow saving of
>long filename PC files to the Shared folder QDLS? I could not find
>anything on IBM's site (no surprise).. any help is very appreciated
>mi...@nisusa.com
Although QDLS does not support long files names, many other of the
AS/400's file systems do support them.
And these same systems also support SYMBOLIC LINKs (ADDLNK cmd).
Therefore you could save to QDLS using the 8.3 format and add a
symbolic link (ADDLNK cmd) in order to make the documents accessible
via long names.
I reccomend the root file system for this purpose.
Naturally this may be beyond the scope of your system requirements.
Good luck.
Jeff Johnson
Darryl Johns <djo...@ibm.net> wrote in message
news:367dad75...@news1.ibm.net...
>surprise), where did you look? Every AS/400 manual is availble on the web
>for V3R2 up through V4R3. Simply go to: http://as400bks.rochester.ibm.com
In my opinion IBM's site is one of the absolute worst when it comes to
finding information. It seems like you have to know where something is
before you can find it!
Chuck Luttor
Denny Davis
Here is how I do it.
Establish a Client Access session with MYSYSTEM via TCP/iP
In Windows Explorer, attach a network drive to \\MYSYSTEM
(not \\MYSYSTEM\qdls).
In a couple of seconds explorer will refersh and show the drive in the
left pane. Double click on it to display contents in right pane.
Right click in the right pane, then click New, Folder.
Change the name of the folder to something like "My Stuff".
Next time attach network drive to \\msystem\my stuff
The good news is that long file names and directory names work just
fine.
The bad news is that these are not "Shared Folders", but just plain
network folders. You cannot use any of the AS400 folder stuff like on
menu PCSTSK. In particular CPYTOPCD and CPYFRMPCD won't work.
You must use CPYFRMSTMF AND CPYTOSTMF which are useless for
anything but source.
I have no idea if this will work with something other that IBM Client
Access.
You may also need to change your save/restore logic because SAVDLO
only gets QDLS (I think).
On Thu, 07 Jan 1999 16:21:38 GMT, clu...@ibm.net (Chuck Luttor)
wrote:
Karl Hanson
>
> Just create a folder on the root of the IFS.
>
> Here is how I do it.
> Establish a Client Access session with MYSYSTEM via TCP/iP
> In Windows Explorer, attach a network drive to \\MYSYSTEM
> (not \\MYSYSTEM\qdls).
> In a couple of seconds explorer will refersh and show the drive in the
> left pane. Double click on it to display contents in right pane.
> Right click in the right pane, then click New, Folder.
> Change the name of the folder to something like "My Stuff".
> Next time attach network drive to \\msystem\my stuff
On the AS/400 you can also use CRTDIR, MKDIR, or MD commands.
> The good news is that long file names and directory names work just
> fine.
More good news is that (client) performance will generally be better
using the "root" or QOpenSys file systems (vs QDLS), more so if you have
applications that create/delete or open/close a lot of files.
>
> The bad news is that these are not "Shared Folders", but just plain
> network folders. You cannot use any of the AS400 folder stuff like on
> menu PCSTSK. In particular CPYTOPCD and CPYFRMPCD won't work.
> You must use CPYFRMSTMF AND CPYTOSTMF which are useless for
> anything but source.
>
> I have no idea if this will work with something other that IBM Client
> Access.
>
It should - for example NetServer accesses all IFS file systems,
including "root".
> You may also need to change your save/restore logic because SAVDLO
> only gets QDLS (I think).
>
You can use the SAV and RST commands for IFS. See Table 1. Integrated
File System commands in Chapter 3 of the IFS Intro manual. If you plan
to do anything with IFS, I strongly recommend getting a copy of this
manual (and reading it :-).
HTML:
http://publib.boulder.ibm.com:80/cgi-bin/bookmgr/DOCNUM/SC41-5711-02
PDF:
http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/pubs/pdfs/as400/V4R3PDF/QB3AUH02.PDF
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Karl Hanson