FILEPARM: display file parameters

Description

Displays information about a file, including modification history, index information, and physical disk location.

Categories

Disk Management
System Operation

Related files

FILEPARM: Object file for the utility.

User Instructions

FILEPARM is an interactive utility that allows the user to browse through the technical details of files, libraries, and volumes. The information shown includes file type, organization, block usage, extents, history, key position, index and data packing densities, and physical location on disk. Results may be selected by library or volume and either presented on the screen or on a report. Internal documentation screens show all of the options available.

Program limitation: due to the size of the program's internal tables, FILEPARM is limited to 1000 files per library and 1000 libraries per volume.

Programmer Instructions

Interactive use only.

Example of use

The on-screen options could be used for quick file or library checks. The report is more useful, condensing much technical file information into a single line per file.

Comments

Good quick inquiry utility with more information on the optional reports. As with some other utilities (DISKMAP, LISTLABL, VTOCTEST), the extent location information could be useful for disk optimizing.