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i5/OS Naming Conventions

When specifying i5/OS paths and names in your workload, you can use the following naming conventions, depending on where the file is located on the i5/OS system:

• Root file system

  To specify a file in the root file system, use UNIX path and file formats.

• Open systems file system (QOpenSys)

  To specify a file in QOpenSys, use UNIX path and file formats. QOpenSys file names are case-sensitive.

• Library file system (QSYS)

  To specify an object in QSYS, use one of the following formats (unless described differently in the job definition syntax):

  • Path format

    /QSYS.LIB/library.LIB/object.type/
    

    To specify *FILE objects, use the following format:

    /QSYS.LIB/library.LIB/object.FILE/member.MBR
    

  • i5/OS standard format

    library/object/type
    

    To specify *FILE objects, use the following format:

    library/object/*FILE(member)
    

    Note: *FILE is optional when member is specified. That is, you can specify a file member using the following format:

    library/object(member)
    

Notes:

• The values for library, object, type, and member can be up to 10 characters each.
• You can use *ALL to match any name.
• You can use *FIRST for member.
• You can use generic names for library and object.