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Preface
The z/OS® Distributed File Service zSeries® File System (zFS) is a z/OS UNIX file system
that can be used like the Hierarchical File System (HFS). zFS file systems contain files and
directories, including Access Control Lists (ACLs), that can be accessed with the z/OS HFS
application programming interfaces (APIs).
zFS file systems can be mounted into the z/OS UNIX hierarchy along with other local or
remote file system types (for example, HFS, TFS, AUTOMNT, NFS, and so on). zFS does not
replace HFS, but it is the z/OS UNIX strategic file system and IBM® recommends migrating
HFS file systems to zFS. Beginning with z/OS V1R7, there are no restrictions for file system
structures that ...