Control Language (CL) Concepts

Simple and qualified object names

The name of a specific object that is located in a library can be specified as a simple name or as a qualified name. A simple object name is the name of the object only. A qualified object name is the name of the library where the object is stored followed by the name of the object. In a qualified object name, the library name is connected to the object name by a slash (/).

Either the simple name or the qualified name of an object can be specified if the object exists in one of the libraries named in the job's library list; the library qualifier is optional in this case. A qualified name must be specified if the named object is not in a library named in the library list.

Note: Although a job name also has a qualified form, it is not a qualified object name because a job is not an OS/400(R) object. A job name is qualified by a user name and a job number, not by a library name. For more information about the JOB parameter, refer to JOB parameter.

Example

The following table shows how simple and qualified object names are formed.


Name Type Name Syntax Example
Simple object name object-name OBJA
Qualified object name library-name/object-name LIB1/OBJB


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