Reader Feedback and Insights: Extending the Network

October 23, 2002 Timothy Prickett Morgan

Hey, Ted:

In the October 16 Midrange Guru, in the article “Extending the Network,” one of your readers, Greg, asked a question about connecting to the AS/400 with Terminal Server and extending the green screens to users on that network.

I am assuming that Citrix is running on the Terminal Server also. I administered an AS/400 and a Terminal Server/Citrix Network like this for several years. We used Wyse Terminals and older PCs as terminals. We found that Client Access wouldn’t work with the terminals, and the cost per-license was higher that our client wanted to pay.

A Simple Guide to jar

October 23, 2002 Timothy Prickett Morgan

Hey, Ted:

I read with interest the Midrange Guru article, “FTP and Save Files, Yet Again“, and I have a question. Do you have a simple guide to using the Qshell jar utility, something simple enough for someone who knows nothing about Qshell?

— Jeff

Jar stands for Java Archive and is just another name for the zip format that has been around for years in the PC world. As far as I know, jar files and zip files are interchangeable. I’ve never had a problem using one when I supposedly needed the other.

Jar is made for

Type2 IFS Directories

October 23, 2002 Timothy Prickett Morgan

Hey, Ted:

I have heard that the Integrated File System (IFS) has a new structure in V5R2. Do you know anything about this?

— Dan

With V5R2, IBM introduced a new and improved directory structure for the IFS. The new model is called Type2 and the original directory structure, which until then had no name, was labeled Type1. Type2 is the new standard for IFS directories and directories shipped with future iSeries systems will be in the Type2 format. Type2 directories do not apply to the entire IFS, but to the root, QOpenSys, and user-defined files systems only.

Type2 directories