Specifying File Paths

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Depending upon where in the Cobwebb Designer you are specifying a path to a file sometimes the Path and Name are separate entries e.g. in a File or Docstore Output Device and sometimes they are in a single Path entry as when specifying the path to an html file to be used as the Message body for an Email Output Device.

Please Note: File Paths are relative to the Server NOT the PC where your design resides.

The file Path and Name should be formatted in one of the following ways depending upon where your file resides.

File location	Path	Name	Notes
IBM i Route folder (IFS)	/XXXXXXXX/ Where XXXXXXXX is the folder name.	YYYYYYYY Where YYYYYYYY is the file name (max 64 chars).	If you have subfolders then enter each subfolder must be prefixed by a “/”.
IBM i physical file member	/QSYS.LIB/XXXXXXXX.LIB/YYYYYYYY.FILE/ Where XXXXXXXX is the library name and YYYYYYYY is the file name.	ZZZZZZZZ.MBR Where ZZZZZZZ is the member name (max ten characters, no blanks, starting with an alpha character..	In this case, if the file is in PDF format, it will be converted into EBCDIC. The resulting file needs to be stored as a member in a physical file. The physical file must have a record length of at least 512 bytes and the user running the job must have individual user ALL authority to the file (not PUBLIC). If you are running the Spooled File Monitor this is run by CPPDMM. You must specify the .MBR after the member name.
IBM i document in a folder	/QDLS/XXXXXXXX/ Where XXXXXXXX is the folder name.	YYYYYYYY Where YYYYYYYY is the document name (max eight characters, no blanks, starting with an alpha character)	If you have subfolders then enter each subfolder must be prefixed by a “/”.
In the QOpenSys File system	/QOpenSys/XXXXXXXX/ Where XXXXXXXX is the folder name.	YYYYYYYY Where YYYYYYYY is the file name (max 64 chars).	The QOpenSys file system is for the UNIX world. If you have subfolders then enter each subfolder must be prefixed by a “/”.
On a Network File share (QNTC File System)	/QNTC/NTServer/NTFiles/ Where NTServer is the name of your NT PC and NTFiles is the folder name.	YYYYYYYY Where YYYYYYYY is the file name (max 64 chars).	You need to have installed TCP/IP Connectivity Utilities for IBM i 400 (See QNTC Notes).

Testing your Path entry

If you want to test your Path entry you can enter the following on a command line on the Server.

WRKLNK OBJ('\test')

Where test is the Path where your file resides. You can then enter 5=Display to display the list of files in the folder.