RE: IFS

OK - in addition - you use the IFS no matter what.  It's how the AS/400
is now compatible with multiple "lifestyles" and merges the 'classic'
object management features like security into the UNIX like storage
facilities that are available on the AS/400.  IFS is becoming more
"native" then saving within the libraries that we know and love.  This
is essentially the replacement to the QDLS file system or "Shared
folders" support.

Now - the other thing, is this area also gets backed up differently - as
in SAV instead of SAVOBJ when you want to save objects within this
environment.

Web technologies,  Unix compatibility, and Windows compatible - the IFS
is VERY flexible.

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-----Original Message-----
From: Bartell, Aaron L. (TC) [mailto:ALBartell@taylorcorp.com]
Sent: Monday, December 03, 2001 9:23 AM
To: 'rpg400-l@midrange.com'
Subject: RE: IFS

Hi Lori,

Check out these links:
http://www.as400.ibm.com/developer/factory/porting/ifs.html
http://www-1.ibm.com/servers/eserver/iseries/beyondtech/ifs.htm

Basically the IFS is a file system concept that allows multiple file
systems
to reside on the AS/400.  The IFS starts at the root "\" much like your
c
drive "c:\".  But from the root it goes into the different file systems.

For example:
\QIBM.LIB\MYLIB.LIB - MYLIB.LIB would be an object within the
traditional
library file structure as we have come to know.
\QNTC - The QNTC file system provides access to data and objects that
are
stored on a local or remote Integrated Netfinity Server running Windows
NT
4.0 Server or higher.
\myfolder - This is a folder that I could create from windows explorer
and
store all of my M$ Word documents on it if I wanted to.

Those are just some examples of what file systems now reside on the
AS/400.
The IFS has been available since V3R1.

Aaron Bartell

-----Original Message-----
From: Lori Crane [mailto:lcrane@emedco.com]
Sent: Monday, December 03, 2001 7:28 AM
To: 'rpg400-l@midrange.com'
Subject: IFS


Recently there has been a lot of talk about IFS.  Could someone possibly
give me a high level explanation of what this is and the benefits?

Lori Crane
Senior Programmer Analyst
Emedco
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