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> I guess so, but I've never done it that way before.  Where would I find
> the IFS api's?

I've written a tutorial which you can read here:
   http://www.scottklement.com/rpg/ifs.html

The APIs themselves are, of course, documented in the information center
under "Programming / APIs / APIs by Category / Unix-type / Integrated File
System."

You can read the information center on-line here:
   http://www.iseries.ibm.com/infocenter

> I just want to be able to create an application that would read directly
> from OPT01 without having to load this file onto the system.  This file
> will be updating 9 of our land management db files.

Yes, the IFS APIs will do that, no problem.   Optical disks are just
another file system in the IFS like any other.  Nothing like tapes...

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