Re: IFS Dir file listing

[Scott Mildenberger <SMildenberger@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Scott Klement has a presentation and examples of using RPG with the IFS here http://www.scottklement.com/presentations/#RPGIFS 

The examples include ones for reading a directory in the IFS from an RPGLE program.

Scott

-----Original Message-----
From: WEB400 [mailto:web400-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Vernon Hamberg
Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2014 3:44 PM
To: Web Enabling the IBM i (AS/400 and iSeries)
Subject: Re: [WEB400] IFS Dir file listing

Hi

If you need only the contents of the root, then you can use the ls command in QShell and redirect output to a PF. The PF has to be a flat file member or a source file member.

In CL, first create the PF, then run the QSH command -

CRTPF YOURLIB/YOURFILE RCDLEN(256)

QSH CMD('ls -A1 / > /qsys.lib/yourlib.lib/yourfile.file/yourfile.mbr')

That will put each file and directory on each line, including those with a dot in the first position.

If you make the options value be -AF1, then the last character of the names will tell you if the name is a directory or regular file or some other kind of thing - look up the ls function in QShell documentation - I forget.

There's a way to tell it to go down through subdirectories, but you don't want to do that from the root, right?

HTH
Vern

On 8/5/2014 3:51 PM, Buddy McClean wrote:
> Good Day,
>   
> What is the simplest way ( even if cumbersome ) to get/create a list of filenames contained in an IFS root directory, to be used as input by an ILE program. A batch program.
>   
> FTP is putting files in a directory and I want to know the name so I can read via xml-into.
>   
> Thanks