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Status Not under consideration
Workspace IBM i
Categories IFS (Integrated File System) and Servers
Created by Guest
Created on Oct 16, 2018

RELATED IDEAS

A more conventional filesystem than /QSYS.LIB

Please create a new filesystem that allows access to QSYS objects using a more "conventional" layout (i.e., not reminiscent of the AS/400).

e.g., Don't include object type in the name. Treat libraries and multi-member files as directories (no need for ".LIB" for ".FILE"), and single-member files and individual members of a multimember file as files. QSYS should not treated as the top level of the hierarchy.. it's just another directory.

If conflicts occur due to different object types having the same name, either an error can be thrown, or they can be differentiated by some convention. The key point is that this is a very rare occurrence, and not something to design a new filesystem around.

Source member should be exposed as straight text, with source line & source date removed.

In the use case examples below, this new filesystem is proposed as /QFS.


Use Case:

QCMD:
=> CRTLIB MYLIB
=> CRTPF FILE(MYLIB/ONE) RCDLEN(1) MAXMBRS(1)
=> CRTPF FILE(MYLIB/MULTI) RCDLEN(1) MAXMBRS(*NOMAX) mbr(*NONE)
=> runsql 'insert into mylib.one values(''A'')' commit(*NONE)

=> call qp2term
> ls -ltrR /QFS/mylib/one*
-rwx---rwx 1 6050 0 3 Oct 16 14:45 ONE

> ls -ltrR /QFS/MYLIB/multi
total 0
drwxr-sr-x 2 me 0 8192 Oct 16 14:45 .
drwxr-sr-x 26 me 0 45056 Oct 16 14:44 ..


Idea priority Medium
  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Apr 10, 2020

    Thank you for submitting this request, however we must decline it.

    Each file system has its own set of characteristics. The QSYS.LIB file system has the characteristics of the traditional or native objects on the IBM i. This means the QSYS.LIB file system must support the characteristics provided by the libraries and other native objects on the IBM i. The library support allows for objects of different types to have the same name and this is not something we can restrict from the file system, nor is it rare.
    For that reason the naming for objects in the QSYS.LIB file system is a 10.6 convention. (Up to 10 character name followed by up to 6 character type extension.)

    Libraries and physical files already have the behavior of a directory object in that they contain a list of objects attached to it.

    Mixing native library interfaces and file system interfaces to operate on the same set of objects often have unexpected results including the behavior you see with the additional text shown from a member. The integrated file system interfaces will read the stream of data that is stored in the member, whatever that may be. Mixing native and file system interfaces on the same object is not recommended but not restricted.

    The integrated file system is restricted on what it can/cannot do by the underlying object support.

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Nov 7, 2018

    Yeah, FUSE support would be a killer feature and I'd love to see it if IBM can pull it off in a timely manor. Heck, I'd even support having the ability to mount a WebDAV folder.

    On the other hand, we need a sane filesytem that utilizes QSYS as soon as possible, and breaking this out as a separate request keeps the focus on the business problem & not the technical approach to solving it. Perhaps the existing code for handling /QSYS.LIB can be reused & repurposed, or some other technique for addressing the need might emerge. I'm +1 to any technical approach.

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Oct 17, 2018

    I like this request. The goal is the same as for my request

    http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/rfe/execute?use_case=viewRfe&CR_ID=115406

    However your QFS is a kind of implementation on top of FUSE that is ready to use. My solution is to make your solution possible to implement by your self, by IBM or an other ISV.

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