RE: IFS

["Bartell, Aaron L. (TC)" <ALBartell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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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