Skip to content

ZosUnixFile

The ZosUnixFile object represents a Unix file. The ZosUnixFile class is derived from ZosUnixObject.

ZosUnixFile Properties

ZosUnixFile exposes the following properties, most of which are inherited from ZosUnixObject.

Property Type R/W Description
Name String R Directory name (Inherited from ZosUnixObject).
Path String R Full path name of the directory. For example:
\\server\Unix\u\judy\abc.txt. (Inherited from ZosUnixObject).
UnixPath String R Unix file system path name (for example /u/judy/abc.txt). (Inherited from ZosUnixObject).
FileType ZosUnixFileType R Type of Unix file system object, which is always File for this type of object (Inherited from ZosUnixObject).
FileSize Int64 R File size (bytes)
FileFormat ZosUnixFileFormat R File format
CreationTime DateTime R Creation time (Inherited from ZosUnixObject).
LastWriteTime DateTime R last update time (Inherited from ZosUnixObject).
LastAccessTime DateTime R Last access time (Inherited from ZosUnixObject).
User String R User owner (Inherited from ZosUnixObject).
Group String R Group owner (Inherited from ZosUnixObject).
UserAccess ZosUnixAccess R/W User access permissions (Inherited from ZosUnixObject).
GroupAccess ZosUnixAccess R/W Group access permissions (Inherited from ZosUnixObject).
OtherAccess ZosUnixAccess R/W Other access permissions (Inherited from ZosUnixObject).

...

ZosUnixFile Methods

ZosUnixFile exposes the following methods, some of which are inherited from ZosUnixObject.

CheckAccess Method

Checks whether or not the user has the specified access permissions for the Unix file. (Inherited from ZosUnixObject). 

Boolean  CheckAccess(  
        ZosUnixAccessCheck flags  
        )

CopyTo Method

Copies the file to another Unix file. You can optionally replace an existing file with the same name. 

void CopyTo(  
        String path,  
        Boolean replaceExisting  
        )

Create Method

Creates a new empty file.

static ZosUnixFile  Create(  
        ZosUnixDirectory parent,  
        String name,  
        ZosUnixAccess userAccess,  
        ZosUnixAccess groupAccess,  
        ZosUnixAccess otherAccess  
        )

Delete Method

Deletes the file. (Inherited from ZosUnixObject). 

void  Delete()

Export Method

Copies the file to a data set or PDS member. 

void Export(  
        String dsname,  
        String member [optional]  
        )

Import Method

Copies the file from a data set or PDS member.

Void  Import(  
        String dsname,  
        String member [optional]  
        )

Refresh Method

Refreshes the Unix file system information. (Inherited from ZosUnixObject).

void  Refresh()

...

Rename Method

Renames the file. You can optionally replace an existing file with the same name. (Inherited from ZosUnixObject). 

void Rename(  
        String newName,  
        Boolean replaceExisting  )

ZosUnixFile Examples

Examples of using ZosUnixFile are shown below.

C

ZosUnixFile file;
file.CopyTo(“/u/MarthStewart/Recipes/GritsAndJowls.txt”);
file.Import(“MY.GARBAGE.DATA”);
file.Rename(“HumptyDumpty.txt”, true);
file.OtherAccess = ZosUnxAccess.Read | ZosUnixAccess.Write;

...

C++

ZosUnixFile^ file;
file.CopyTo(“/u/MarthStewart/Recipes/GritsAndJowls.txt”);
file.Import(“MY.GARBAGE.DATA”);
file.Rename(“HumptyDumpty.txt”, true);
file.OtherAccess = ZosUnxAccess::Read | ZosUnixAccess::Write;

...

Visual Basic

Dim file As ZosUnixFile
file.CopyTo(“/u/MarthStewart/Recipes/GritsAndJowls.txt”)
file.Import(“MY.GARBAGE.DATA”)
file.Rename(“HumptyDumpty.txt”, true)
file.OtherAccess = ZosUnxAccess.Read | ZosUnixAccess.Write

...

Jscript

var file: ZosUnixFile;
file.CopyTo(“/u/MarthStewart/Recipes/GritsAndJowls.txt”);
file.Import(“MY.GARBAGE.DATA”);
file.Rename(“HumptyDumpty.txt”, true);
file.OtherAccess = ZosUnxAccess.Read | ZosUnixAccess.Write;

...

Back to top