IFS - Integrated File System 2

[Skittle]

I am looking into reading XML data with RPG.
I have been provided with a document called 'XML Interface for RPG maps XML into DB2 UDB for AS/400' but as the introduction states, 'it is not for the faint hearted'.

One of the issues I don't quite get is the source of the XML file. It is given as an example with the following ILE code:-

the classpath to the XML document located on the AS/400 Integrated File System (IFS)

DXmlFile S 90A
INZ('/XMLRPGSample/AddressBook.xml')


I have never come across a file accessed in this way before.
How can I view my 'IFS' directories on my AS400? If I don't have one, how can I create it and put documents into it?

 

[iSeriesCodePoet]

If you are confused, check out the RPG parser on

http://mowyourlawn.com/.

I hear Aaron Bartell did a good job on this.

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[bobtwigg]

To create a folder called "ALPHABET" in the IFS:
MKDIR ALPHABET

 

[Skittle]

ISeriesCodePoet, many thanks, this looks like a much easier route to get where I want to go.

bobtwigg, thanks for the command info, I can't find a subject that overs related commands on the As400 help. Do you know the collective term for making, removing and managing these directories?

 

[iSeriesCodePoet]

There are a bunch of API's for IFS stuff, but they are all C subproceedures, not RPG, and can be a bit more difficult to use. I think the iSeries Toolkit (

http://iseries-toolkit.sourceforge.net/)

would help out with that.

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