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1-About it
This is a public source utility for IBM System i.
It features a command and a procedure to check whether a user specified IFS object exists.
2-Prerequisites
- OS/400 release V5R2 or subsequent
- Compiler ILE RPG IV, product 57xxWDS, opt. 31, is required during the installation phase.
3-Installation
- Download file chkifsobj.zip from the Easy400 download page and unzip it.
- Follow the chkifsobj.txt instructions to upload and to restore library CHKIFSOBJ.
- On the IBM System i
- sign on with a user profile having *SECADM special authority
- run the following procedure:
STRREXPRC SRCMBR(INSTALL) SRCFILE(CHKIFSOBJ/QREXSRC)
It does the following:
- creates objects in library CHKIFSOBJ.
- restores IFS directory /chkifsobj .
4-Command CHKIFSOBJ
Command CHKIFSOBJ/CHKIFSOBJ checks the existence of a user-specified IFS object:
Check IFS object (CHKIFSOBJ)
Type choices, press Enter.
'Object' . . . . . . . . . . . . OBJ >
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| Command CHKIFSOBJ |
This command checks an IFS object.
- If the object is found, it returns an information message. The
second level text of this message contains useful information
about the IFS object.
- If the object is not found (or the user profile is not
authorized to access it) it returns an escape error message.
The second level text of this message contains information about
the error.
Example of a successful command:
Move the cursor to the message first level text and press F1 to display the second level text:
Example of an unsuccessful command:
Please note that the command ended into an escape error message.
Move the cursor to the message first level text and press F1 to display the second level text:
See the following example about using command CHKIFSOBJ in a CL program (member SAMPLE1 in CHKIFSOBJ/QCLSRC):
PGM
CHKIFSOBJ/CHKIFSOBJ OBJ('/tmp/myText.txt')
MONMSG MSGID(MSG0002) EXEC(DO) /* if the IFS object +
not found, ... */
EDTF STMF('/tmp/myText.txt')
ENDDO
ENDPGM
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| Sample CL program |
4-Procedure RtvIfsObjI() Retrieve IFS Object Information
This procedure (exported from service program CHKIFSOBJ/CHKIFSOBJ)
- Returns a data structure containing three indicators:
- existence indicator (set to *on if the IFS object exists)
- read indicator (set to *on if the user profile can read this IFS object)
- write in dicator (set to *on if the user profile can write this IFS object)
- execute indicator (set to *on if the user profile can execute or search this IFS object)
- Has a mandatory input parameter:
- The path of the IFS object
- Returns the following optional parameters:
- object type (example: *STMF)
- object size
- object code page
- object CCSID
- timestamp when object data was last changed
- timestamp when object attribute was last changed
- timestamp when object was last accessed
- error code (if any errors)
- error message (if any errors)
Example (see member SAMPLE2 in CHKIFSOBJ/QRPGLESRC):
/copy chkifsobj/qrpglesrc,hspecs
/copy chkifsobj/qrpglesrc,hspecsbnd
/copy chkifsobj/qrpglesrc,proto
* Indicators returned from procedure RtvIfsObjI()
D objAccInds ds
D existenceInd n
D readInd n
D writeInd n
D executeInd n
* Mandatory parameter input to procedure RtvIfsObjI() (can be a constant)
D objpath s 256 varying
* Parameters returned from procedure RtvIfsObjI()
D objtype s 11 varying
D objsize s 20u 0
D objCodePage s 5u 0
D objCCSID s 5u 0
D objDChgStamp s z stamp of data change
D objAChgStamp s z stamp of attr change
D objAccStamp s z stamp of last access
D C_Errno s 10i 0
D C_ErrText s 256 varying
/free
objAccInds=RtvIfsObjI('/chkifsobj/html/page1.htm':
objtype:objsize:
objCodePage:objCCSID:
objDChgStamp:objAChgStamp:objAccStamp:
C_Errno:C_ErrText);
return;
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5-Updates
To know about the latest updates to this tool, press this link.
To know about the release date of the CHKIFSOBJ version you may have installed, on your IBM i system execute command CHKIFSOBJ/RELEASED .
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