Path names in the QSYS.LIB file system

 

Each component of the path name must contain the object name followed by the object type of the object.

• For example:

       /QSYS.LIB/QGPL.LIB/PRT1.OUTQ  
  
       /QSYS.LIB/EMP.LIB/PAY.FILE/TAX.MBR 

  The object name and object type are separated by a period (.). Objects in a library can have the same name if they are different object types, so the object type must be specified to uniquely identify the object.

• The object name in each component can be up to 10 characters long, and the object type can be up to 6 characters long.

• The directory hierarchy within QSYS.LIB can be either two or three levels deep (two or three components in the path name), depending on the type of object being accessed. If the object is a database file, the hierarchy can contain three levels (library, file, member); otherwise, there can be only two levels (library, object). The combination of the length of each component name and the number of directory levels determines the maximum length of the path name.

  If "root" (/) and QSYS.LIB are included as the first two levels, the directory hierarchy for QSYS.LIB can be up to five levels deep.

• The characters in names are converted to CCSID 37 when the names are stored. Quoted names, however, are stored using the CCSID of the job.

  For more information about CCSIDs, see the i5/OS^® globalization topic.

 

Parent topic:

Library file system (QSYS.LIB)

 

Related concepts

Path name