RE: V5R2: Source now allowed in the IFS

["Steve Richter" <srichter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-admin@midrange.com
[mailto:midrange-l-admin@midrange.com]On Behalf Of Tom Liotta
Sent: Monday, October 21, 2002 10:06 PM

>With no better info than a guess, we might as well call it a "Hash Number
>representation of the path name". It is apparently persistent with the life
of
>the object. The 16-byte value can be used as input to the
Qp0lGetPathFromFileID
>API to return the fully-qualified path of the object. Additional fields
both
>before and after this one (Object File ID) in the audit journal entry
formats can
>be used for additional supporting info.

might be a GUID.  that is a 16 byte value that is unique across space, time,
... the world.

If so, I would like to know if the system has the facility to store a guid
identified variable length string.

Steve