Using Fileshare to Access Data Files

You can share files on networks and multi-user systems using Fileshare. As you can connect up to sixteen Fileshare servers to your COBOL system, you can split your data across several machines.

There are three ways of configuring the use of Fileshare:

• Specify explicit Fileshare server locations in the catalog
• Specify explicit Fileshare server locations in SELECT clauses, for files that are not cataloged
• Provide a Fileshare client configuration file that defines which files are located on Fileshare servers

You can use these methods in combination.