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Receiving a File 49
FDSN(‘from remote-data-set-name’)
specifies the source file name. File names are verified based on the i5/OS standard file name
conventions. The length of the input field displayed is 132 characters, by default. If you want to
increase the length of the field to 256 characters, type an ampersand(&) followed by a blank in the
first two positions of the field.
Sterling Connect:Direct for i5/OS provides two systems for handling the files: Native File System and
Integrated File System. The following table summarizes the data set name requirements for Sterling
Connect:Direct platforms.
SNODENVIRN FDSN Format Special Considerations
OS/400 Native File System
‘library-name/file-name’ ‘library-name/file-name
(member-name)’
Enclose in single quotation
marks.
Integrated File System
‘/QSYS.LIB/library-name.LIB /file-name.FILE
/member-name.MBR’ or
‘/directory/file-name| /QLANSrv/file-name|
/QDLS/folder-name| /QOpenSys/file-name’
You cannot specify the
*SNDFFD, *SELECT, and
*EXCLUDE parameters with the
integrated file system.
Spool File Support
spooled-file-name
Do not use member names
longer than eight characters
when sending to z/OS, VSE,
and MSP. The results are
unpredictable.
OS/390, VSE, MSP Standard z/OS DSN naming conventions. Single quotes allow special
characters. Do not use member
names longer than eight
characters. The results are
unpredictable.
VM Fully qualified file-name
Tandem \system.$volume.subvolume.filename
Microsoft Windows drive:\directory\subdirectory\filename
or
\\servername\sharepointname\subdirectory\filename
UNIX /directory/subdirectory/filename
OpenVMS node::device:[directory]filename.type;version When you are copying a file ,
the file specification must be
enclosed in single quotation
marks if it uses spaces or other
special characters not
recognized by the other node.
Stratus VOS Fully qualified path and file name Enclose the file name in double
quotation marks when you use
a reserved word (statement
name or keyword) for the file
name.
Note: The values of *LIBL, *CURLIB, and QTEMP cannot be used when sending to or from an
iSeries system using Sterling Connect:Direct for i5/OS. A specific library name must be used
for copying from or to a data set on the iSeries.