Re: How to check if exist in IFS (QTNC) a file

Hi Daniel

I was going to suggest using "access" but the original question mentioned partial object name, I don't believe that works with "access".

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On 5/8/2026 7:58 AM, Daniel Gross wrote:

Shouldn't the C-style IFS API also work in/on /QNTC? Has someone tried it with access()?

Wasn't "transparency" the root-idea behind QNTC?

I don't have a QNTC counterpart here, so I can't test it myself.

Regards,
Daniel

Am 08.05.2026 um 14:47 schriebstefan@xxxxxxxxxx:

You can use the stat64 ( for larger files ) or stat ( for files up to around 2Gb) in the following file systems:

* "Root" (/)
* QOpenSys
* User-defined
* QNTC
* QSYS.LIB
* Independent ASP QSYS.LIB
* QOPT
* Network File System
* QFileSvr.400



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Stefan



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Subject: Re: How to check if exist in IFS (QTNC) a file

Too bad:

IFS_OBJECT_STATISTICS table function
No rows are returned for remote file system objects. This means that for
the QNTC file system, only a row for /QNTC is returned. For the Network
File System (NFS) and QFileSvr.400 file systems, no rows are returned.

On Fri, May 8, 2026 at 6:31 AM gio.cot via MIDRANGE-L <
midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Hi all



I would need to check in a windows server (mapped via QTNC), if exist a
file
with partial name;

example: if i run "DSPLNK
OBJ('/qntc/zz-yy-appxx/XT/DOCS/TX/ORDERS/HIST/myfile_26_90501*') , i can
see that in the folder exist a file named "myfile_26_90501_11052026.txt"

can i do with clp or rpg run a command to check existance passing the file
partial name ?

usually i use extproc('access') File_Exists = access(pathptr:F_OK)

Thanks in advance

Gio

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