Re: Execute flag for database files

Patrik, I would say it is probably not ignored. When you say database files, those have at least 1 member - that member is "contained" in the file object, so it seems like 1 more layer in the library/object structure - library/object/member - we see that even in naming format 0 in FTP, I believe.

X in the IFS - you need that authority on a directory to see what is in it, is that not correct? If my analogy is valid, then if you remover X from a PF, you should not be able to display its member (or members, as in the case of source PFs, perhaps)

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*Vern Hamberg*

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On 4/10/2025 11:28 AM, Patrik Schindler wrote:

Hello Rob,

Am 10.04.2025 um 17:51 schrieb Rob Berendt<robertowenberendt@xxxxxxxxx>:

Your directory analogy bears weight. After all, what is a file but a directory to it's members?
WRKLNK '/QSYS.LIB/MYLIB.LIB/MYFILE.FILE/*.MBR'

Good catch!

https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/i/7.3.0?topic=ssw_ibm_i_73/cl/grtobjaut.html#GRTOBJAUT.AUT

"Execute authority provides the authority needed to run a program or locate an object in a library." — It's not mentioned explicitly but I guess this bit is simply ignored for database files?

:wq! PoC