RE: **IFS**

I think it would be useful and strategically significant.

Managing form letters and documents is basically the same as handling HTML;
this is a frequent business requirement.  Native RPG support of the IFS
might improve performance of RPG CGI applications, but this may not be
desirable to some within IBM.  Having a low overhead IFS file/datastream
open for simple data values would be useful; the overhead of UDB/400 (or
whatever it's named today) isn't always necessary.

The biggest reason to do it is to demonstrate RPG *can* do it and to allow
our applications to reach deeper into the heart of PCLand.  Sure, we can use
the API's, but that's not what RPG is about.

I imagine the problem isn't in offering IFS support, it's deciding how far
the support should go.  Are we talking OS/400 (local) IFS, Win2K servers
connected through the Integrated xSeries adapter, or any stream file on any
IP-addressable system?  This software question could drive hardware sales;
it would demonstrate another level of integration and the iSeries'
"serverness".

-reeve


-----Original Message-----
From: rpg400-l-admin@midrange.com [mailto:rpg400-l-admin@midrange.com]On
Behalf Of Bob Cozzi
Sent: Thursday, July 11, 2002 10:14 AM
To: rpg400-l@midrange.com
Subject: RE: **IFS**

I have a question...
Does anyone want to access IFS files from within RPG?
I don't just mean by prototyping the C/Unix APIs, but in a robust
RPG-like manner?
I'm thinking along the lines of ext files for storing simple values,
perhaps as a replacement for data areas and control database files.

Is this something that is important? A survey I took recently indicated
that most people store HTML files as well as some type of data in the
IFS.

Bob Cozzi


> -----Original Message-----
> From: rpg400-l-admin@midrange.com
> [mailto:rpg400-l-admin@midrange.com] On Behalf Of Jim Franz
> Sent: Wednesday, July 10, 2002 6:58 AM
> To: rpg400-l@midrange.com
> Subject: Re: **IFS**
>
>
> this link is a white paper ibm did describing what is the
> ifs. http://www-1.ibm.com/servers/eserver/iseries/whpapr/ifs.html
> jim
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Sunil R" <sunil_ramakumar@usswi.com>
> To: <rpg400-l@midrange.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, July 10, 2002 2:51 AM
> Subject: **IFS**
>
>
> > Hai,
> >
> >
> >     Trying to understand something on IFS. Got some
> material on what
> > IFS
> is,
> > which are the types of file systems etc. I was also able to
> upload a
> > file from the system. But I haven't yet got a document that really
> > explains how to go about using the IFS. The advantages of using IFS.
> >     Can anyone help me.
> >
> > Sunil
> >
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