What does ‘AS’ in AS400 stands for?
Application system.
What is ‘LPAR’?
OS/400 Version 4, introduced a feature LPAR (Logical PARtitioning) which facilitates running multiple operating systems simultaneously on one IBM System i unit ensuring that one OS doesn’t interfere other’s system resources/memory.
What is library is AS400? What are the types of library?
When we execute a command or call a program, the AS/400 must know where to find the command or program and the answer is library. A Library is a collection of objects. QSYS is the only library that contains other library. QSYS is the root library where the entire user defined/ system defined library is created. System supplied libraries begin with the letter “Q” or “#”.
Library list types:
System library: All IBM supplied library e.g. QSYS, QHLPSYS, QUSRSYS…
Product Library: Whenever Ibm product is used it is added to the library automatically and is removed itself when the job completes.
Current Library: Current library is the working library i.e. all the work done by you is stored in current library.
User Library: Non-IBM supplied i.e. created by the user.
Which library gets first loaded into the system when we login?
QSYS
Is QGPL a user library or system library?
It’s a user library.
How can we see all the objects and its sizes in a library?
By using the command DSPLIB.
Example: DSPLIB IROBO1
It gives you the information of all objects that resides in the library with it size.
Display Library
Library . . . . . . : IROBO1 Number of objects . : 8
Type . . . . . . . . : PROD Library ASP number . : 1
Create authority . . : *EXCLUDE Library ASP device . : *SYSBAS
Type options, press Enter.
5=Display full attributes 8=Display service attributes
Opt Object Type Attribute Size Text
PRINT1PGM *PGM RPGLE 131072 rpgle program for pri
ACCOUNT *FILE PF 49152 ACCOUNT RELATED INFOR
PRINT1 *FILE PRTF 4096 PRINTER DDS RLU GENER
QCLSRC *FILE PF 8192 Sources CL-Programs
QDDSSRC *FILE PF 8192 DDS-Sourcen
QRPGLESRC *FILE PF 69632
QRPGLESRC2 *FILE PF 65536
QRPGSRC *FILE PF 8192 SOURCE PHYSICAL FILE
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F3=Exit F12=Cancel F17=Top F18=Bottom
What is source physical file?
Source physical file is a file which contains the sources of different types of objects. There can be up to 32768 members. Source physical file is an object. But the source member is not an object. When we compile the member, the object is created for that source. Command used is CRTSRCPF.
CRTSRCPF FILE(IROBO1/QRPGSRC) RCDLEN(112) TEXT(‘SOURCE PHYSICAL FILE’)
How to see all members of a file?
By using the command shown below:
DSPFD FILE(IROBO1/QRPGLESRC) TYPE(*MBRLIST)
How to see all record formats used in a file?
By using the command shown below:
DSPFD FILE(IROBO1/QRPGLESRC) TYPE(*RCDFMT)
How to change the record size of a physical file?
By using the command below:
CHGPF FILE(AMITNEM/OBJ) SRCFILE(AMINEM/QDDSSRC) SRCMBR(OBJ_SRC)
We change the highlighted part to change the size of a file.
Change Physical File (CHGPF)
Type choices, press Enter.
Physical file . . . . . . . . . Name
Library . . . . . . . . . . . *LIBL Name, *LIBL, *CURLIB
System . . . . . . . . . . . . . *LCL *LCL, *RMT, *FILETYPE
Source file . . . . . . . . . . *NONE Name, *NONE
Library . . . . . . . . . . . Name, *LIBL, *CURLIB
Member size:
Initial number of records . . *SAME 1-2147483646, *NOMAX, *SAME
Increment number of records . *SAME 0-32767, *SAME
Maximum increments . . . . . . *SAME 0-32767, *SAME
