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<h1 class="topictitle1">How the server stores user-defined file systems</h1>
<div><p>In a UDFS, as in the <span class="q">"root"</span> (/) and QOpenSys file systems, users can
create directories, stream files, symbolic links, and local sockets.</p>
<div class="p">A single block special file object (*BLKSF) represents a UDFS. When you
create a UDFS, the server also creates an associated block special file. You
can only access the block special file through the Integrated File System
generic commands, application programming interface (API), and the QFileSvr.400
interface. Block special file names must be of the form: <pre>/dev/QASPxx/udfs_name.udfs</pre>
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<div class="p">Where <samp class="codeph">xx</samp> is the system or basic ASP number (132) where
the user stores the UDFS and <samp class="codeph">udfs_name</samp> is the unique name
of the UDFS. Note that the UDFS name must end in the <samp class="codeph">.udfs</samp> extension.
If the UDFS is stored in an independent ASP, the block special file name will
be of the form: <pre>/dev/device-description/udfs_name.udfs</pre>
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<p>A UDFS exists only in two states: mounted and unmounted. When you mount
a UDFS, you can access the objects within it. When you unmount a UDFS, you
cannot access the objects within it.</p>
<p>In order to access the objects within a UDFS, you must 'mount' the UDFS
on a directory (for example, <samp class="codeph">/home/JON</samp>). When you mount
a UDFS on a directory, you cannot access the original contents of that directory.
Also, you can access the contents of the UDFS through that directory.
For example, the <samp class="codeph">/home/JON</samp> directory contains a file <samp class="codeph">/home/JON/payroll</samp>.
A UDFS contains three directories mail, action, and outgoing. After mounting
the UDFS on <samp class="codeph">/home/JON</samp>, the <samp class="codeph">/home/JON/payroll</samp> file
is inaccessible, and the three directories become accessible as <samp class="codeph">/home/JON/mail</samp>, <samp class="codeph">/home/JON/action</samp>,
and <samp class="codeph">/home/JON/outgoing</samp>. After you unmount the UDFS, the <samp class="codeph">/home/JON/payroll</samp> file
is accessible again, and the three directories in the UDFS become inaccessible.</p>
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<div class="parentlink"><strong>Parent topic:</strong> <a href="rzaiurzaiu158.htm">Save user-defined file systems</a></div>
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<div class="relinfo"><strong>Related information</strong><br />
<div><a href="../books/sc415714.pdf" target="_blank">OS/400 Network File System Support</a></div>
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