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.
The following table shows how simple and qualified object names are formed.
Name Type | Name Syntax | Example |
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Simple object name | object-name | OBJA |
Qualified object name | library-name/object-name | LIB1/OBJB |
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