RE: Verifying Existence of a File on a Server

["Wilt, Charles" <CWilt@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I believe you are mistaken.

The user ID / password of the iSeries user running the command is
automatically passed when the QNTC file system is accessed.

Basically, to use QNTC at all you must have a Windows user ID and
password that matches the iSeries use ID and password.

Charles Wilt
--
iSeries Systems Administrator / Developer
Mitsubishi Electric Automotive America
ph: 513-573-4343
fax: 513-398-1121
  

> -----Original Message-----
> From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx 
> [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Fisher, Don
> Sent: Thursday, September 07, 2006 1:01 PM
> To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
> Subject: RE: Verifying Existence of a File on a Server
>
> Now this is very interesting.  If I understand the 
> documentation correctly, the user doesn't necessarily have to 
> have a valid i.d. and password on the Windows server.  I just 
> have to pass "F_OK" as the second parameter (as in your example).
>
> Do I understand correctly?  If so, that just leaves the setup of QNTC.
>
> Donald R. Fisher, III
> Project Manager
> RoomStore, Inc.
> (804) 784-7600 ext. 2124
> dfisher@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>
> <clip>
> The iSeries can access Windows file shares via the /QNTC 
> filesystem.  For 
> example, we have a server named RED (that's just the name we 
> used) and on 
> that server we have a share named ISDOCS where we store our 
> documentation 
> for the Information Systems department.  If I wanted to access a file 
> named "TimeMgt2.xls" in a folder called "scottk" I could 
> refer to it from 
> the iSeries using the following IFS path:
>
>      /QNTC/SERVER4/isdocs/scottk/TimeMgt2.xls
>
> When I use that path, it actually logs on to the Windows server named 
> SERVER4 (using the userid/password of the iSeries user who 
> tried to access 
> it) and refers directly to that file.
>
> If I wanted to check if that file existed, I could write an 
> RPG program 
> (or any other ILE HLL) to call the access() API.  That API 
> checks whether 
> a file exists (and optionally, whether you have access to it)  for 
> example:
>
>   /free
>          filename = '/QNTC/SERVER4/isdocs/scottk/TimeMgt2.xls';
>
>          if (access(%trimr(filename): F_OK) = 0);
>             // hurray! file exists
>          endif;
> <clip>
>
> -- 
> This is the Midrange Systems Technical Discussion 
> (MIDRANGE-L) mailing list
> To post a message email: MIDRANGE-L@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options,
> visit: http://lists.midrange.com/mailman/listinfo/midrange-l
> or email: MIDRANGE-L-request@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Before posting, please take a moment to review the archives
> at http://archive.midrange.com/midrange-l.