Re: Adding text on open() statement

[Vern Hamberg <vhamberg@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

 Albert

I googled for IFS and extended attributes and found something 
interesting - the page in Infocenter on extended attributes - for V5R4 
it is here

http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/iseries/v5r4/topic/ifs/rzaaxea.htm

Here are some excerpts -

"Various objects in the various file systems may or may not have 
extended attributes. The QSYS.LIB and independent ASP QSYS.LIB file 
systems support three predefined extended attributes: .SUBJECT, .TYPE, 
and .CODEPAGE."

I think .SUBJECT is the text description for our familiar library objects.

"The Work with Object Links (WRKLNK) command and Display Object Links 
(DSPLNK) command can be used to display the .SUBJECT extended attribute 
for an object. There is no other integrated file system support through 
which applications or users can access and change extended attributes."

Disappointing! BUT!

"If a client PC is connected to a System i^(TM) platform through OS/2^® 
or Windows^® , the programming interfaces of the respective operating 
system (such as DosQueryFileInfo and DosSetFileInfo) can be used to 
query and set the extended attributes of any file object. OS/2 users can 
also change the extended attributes of an object on the desktop by using 
the settings notebook; that is, by selecting Settings on the menu 
associated with the object."

First, let's all go out and get OS/2!

OK - this is pretty cool - so maybe Scott will write up something for us!!

HTH
Vern

On 9/17/2010 1:32 PM, Albert York wrote:
> Thanks Scott.
>
> I saw the 'Text' column on the wrklnk screen and was hoping I could use it.
>
> Albert
>
>
> On Fri, Sep 17, 2010 at 11:05 AM, Scott Klement
> <rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>  wrote:
> > AFIAK, there are no description ("text") fields in the IFS interface.
> > So none of the IFS tools are going to support them.
> >
> > The only file system that I can think of that supports the "text"
> > attribute is the QSYS.LIB file system -- and for that file system, you
> > can set the text using the native interface instead of the IFS interface.
> >
> >
> > On 9/17/2010 12:30 PM, Albert York wrote:
> > > Is there a paramter on the open() statement which will allow you to
> > > add a description (text)  to the file?
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