Creating a folder
To create a folder, follow these steps.
In IBM® Navigator
for i- In IBM Navigator for i, under the IBM i Management node, expand File Systems > Integrated File System.
- Navigate through the file system folders until you locate the object that contains the file system or folder to which you want to add a new folder.
- Click on this object to display its contents in the console work space.
- Right-click on the folder within the file system to which you want to add a new folder in the console work space and select New Folder.
- Provide a name for the folder and specify folder attributes in
the New Folder dialog.
- For folders created in the "root" (/), QOpenSys, or user-defined file systems, you can specify values for these fields: Restrict rename and unlink, Audit objects created in folder, and Scan objects created in folder.
- For folders created in other file systems, you can specify a value for the Audit objects created in folder field.
- Click OK.
In System i® Navigator
- In System i Navigator, expand .
- Right-click the file system or the folder within the file system to which you want to add the new folder and select New Folder.
- Provide a name for the folder and specify folder attributes in
the New Folder dialog.
- For folders created in the "root" (/), QOpenSys, or user-defined file systems, you can specify values for these fields: Restrict rename and unlink, Audit objects created in folder, and Scan objects created in folder.
- For folders created in other file systems, you can specify a value for the Audit objects created in folder field.
When you create a folder on the System i platform, you need to consider whether you want to protect the new folder (or object) with journal management. You also need to consider whether you want objects created in this folder to be scanned or not.