RE: FW: IFS symbolic link library mapping -- MIDRANGE-L

Vern,

Aware of all of these, thanks anyhow... My goal was to get a IFS
symbolic link to work in order to use the file inside an app by just
mapping a network drive to the link and pulling up the file. The
applications that I am using (file comparison utilities) do not
inherenetly know anything about these things, unless I write something
using ODBC myself and then use a command line executable for file
comparison. What I am trying to do is have two drives mapped: a AS400
and a DEC VAX drive (we did this with Samba). Then, convert the files to
the point they are comparable (all fields Signed and alpha) and
reference by mapped drive location. We are currently having to use FTP
to get them to a single location and that is very tedious in some cases
(we are talking gigs). Even when we do get them to the AS400, the CMPPFM
has a size limitation of 16 (or 32) Meg, so we have to either write
programs or use the split command inside the qshell environment (which
does not know about records, most likely, so it probably splits in the
middle of the record at times) and then compare...

Regards,
Uros

-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Vern Hamberg
Sent: Friday, April 11, 2003 11:17 PM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: RE: FW: IFS symbolic link library mapping


Uros

There are a couple tools that will let you see a data PF. Operations 
Navigator will allow this, under the Databases heading. This, however, 
assumes SQL access, so it knows nothing about multiple members.

If you have an ODBC driver on your PC, you can use Excel or MS Access.
With 
Excel, you can make changes, then upload the file (requires Client
Access 
Data Transfer). With Access, I think that changes you make are sent up,
if 
you open the files as a link. I'm not sure, it's been awhile.

Another product is Surveyor, by Linoma Software - free for single 
non-corporate use. It's like DFU/DBU/EasyView on steroids.

BTW, if, in OpsNav, you go through File Systems, integrated File System,

etc., to get to a member, the restrictions are the same as with
NetServer.

Good luck

Vern

At 10:31 PM 4/11/2003 -0400, you wrote:
>Vern,
>
>I think you hit it right on the head, that is my problem, I am trying 
>to look at a PF created through DDS. In fact, the only reason I set 
>this up is to do that, so I guess I will end up either copying into a 
>flat file or a stream file. FYI, tried to open with both Notepad and 
>EditPlus and UltraEdit.
>
>Thanks!
>Uros


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