Re: Is there such a things as DDM for the IFS?

["Brian Johnson" <brian.johnson.mn@xxxxxxxxx>]

With symbolic links, is it still a requirement to recreate
/QFileSvr.400/otherserver.com after each IPL?


On 7/13/07, Scott Klement <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> To add to the excellent suggestions about QFileSvr.400 and NFS...
> There's also symbolic links.  For example, if your application needs a
> file to be in /usr/local/share and in actually the file should be on
> another computer, you can create a symbolic link between
> /usr/local/share/myfile.ext and
> /QFileSvr.400/otherserver.com/usr/local/share/myfile.ext
>
> That way, you don't have to change the software.  (Let me know if my
> explanation was unclear -- sometimes it's hard to figure out how much
> explanation is necessary)
>
>
> Paul Jackson wrote:
> > Hello there,
> >
> > Hopefully this doesn't sound like too dumb of a question but I am
> > pretty inexperienced when it comes to using the IFS, but have lately
> > come across a programming challenge where an application that runs on
> > our multiple iSeries boxes needs to write to a common directory within
> > the IFS that exists on only one of the systems.
> >
> > In other words the systems where the IFS directory does not reside
> > need a way to virtually write to the target IFS directory similar to
> > the way that remote systems can add records to DDM files to populate
> > the "real" physical file.
> >
> > Does anyone have any suggestions or ideas about how I might accomplish
> > this task?
> >
> > Thanks in advance,
> >
> > Paul
>
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