Re: Checking file existence on windows server

[Evan Harris <auctionitis@xxxxxxxxx>]

Should not be a problem; it's a standard Microsoft component that is
optionally installed. If they have a problem with that component they
should be wondering why they installed Windows in the first place.

On Tue, Aug 10, 2010 at 2:12 PM, Mike Cunningham <mcunning@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> It would send shivers through our windows admins to ask them to install an add on for fear of making the server unstable.
>
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> From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Simon Coulter
> Sent: Monday, August 09, 2010 8:06 PM
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> Subject: Re: Checking file existence on windows server
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>
> On 09/08/2010, at 11:26 PM, Mike Cunningham wrote:
>
> > Can anyone give me an idea of the best, most reliable, way (if it is
> > even possible) to check to see if a file exists on a Windows server
> > from an iSeries RPG (or CL) application? I want to try and condition
> > an action in an RPG application based on a picture files existing or
> > not existing on the windows server. My only thought is to create an
> > IFS directory and FTP all the files from the server directory to the
> > IFS and then check to see if an IFS file exists using CHKIFSOBJ
>
> You could do this with SMB/CIFS via the QNTC file system but, as I've
> said on numerous occasions, QNTC and NetServer are woefully pathetic
> implementations of SMB/CIFS.
>
> Use Network File System (NFS) support instead. WinDOS supports this
> via an optionally installable (free) set of tools called Unix tools
> (or Unix support) or something similar. They will be on your
> distribution media as long as you have something better than the
> crappy home versions. Install the NFS server on WinDOS and configure
> it to export the directory in question.
>
> Start NFS on OS/400 and mount the exported share. Create a separate
> mount point for this:
>
>        MKDIR '/mount'
>        MKDIR '/mount/windos-dir-name'
>        MOUNT TYPE(*NFS) MFS('windos-dir-path') MNTOVRDIR('/mount/windos-dir-
> name') ...
>
> See previous e-mail from me on this list on 26th July showing more
> information.
>
> Once successfully mounted I think you should be able to use the
> access() API to check for existence.
>
> Regards,
> Simon Coulter.
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