Chapter 7: OpenVMS Operating Environment

Listing OpenVMS System File Attributes

To list the attributes of a file created on an OpenVMS Alpha system, issue this command:

 DIR/FULL  transport-file  

Typical output is:

 Directory DISK01:[JOE.XPTTEST]    XPTLIB.DAT;1                  File ID: 31223,952,0)    Size:            7/8          Owner:  [DISK01,JOE]    Created:   30-SEP-1999 16:47:31.34    Revised:   30-SEP-1999 16:47:31.69 (1)    Expires:  <No backup recorded>    Effective: <None specified>    Recording: <None specified>    File organization: Sequential    Shelved state:      Online    File attributes:    Allocation: 8, Extend: 0,       Global buffer count: 0   Version limit: 2    Record format:Fixed length 512 byte records  [1]    Record attributes:  None  [2]    RMS attributes:     None    Journaling enabled: None    File protection:    System:RWED, Owner:RWED,       Group:RE, World:    Access Cntrl List:  None    Total of 1 file, 7/8 blocks.    $ dir/size xptlib.dat    Directory DISK01:[JOE.XPTTEST]    XPTLIB.DAT;1               7    Total of 1 file, 7 blocks. 

[1]	The OpenVMS Alpha RECORD FORMAT attribute indicates a fixed record type and a record length of 512 bytes.
[2]	The RECORD ATTRIBUTES field can contain the value NONE.

Caution  

If this field contains the value CARRIAGE RETURN CARRIAGE CONTROL, file corruption results. To prevent corruption before you transfer the transport file, remove this value from the RECORD ATTRIBUTES field. An error message alerts you to this condition after you try to transfer the corrupted file.