ATTRIBUTES or FILE Command

The ATTRIBUTES or FILE command lists the file attributes of a file or of all the disk files in a disk directory. ATTRIBUTES and FILE are synonyms.

Syntax

──┬─ ATTRIBUTES ─┬─┬─<directory title>──────┬─┬─────────┬──────────────┤
  └─ FILE ───────┘ ├─<file title>───────────┤ └─ PRINT ─┘
                   ├─<long directory title>─┤
                   └─<long file title>──────┘

Explanation

ATTRIBUTES <file title>

ATTRIBUTES <long file title>

ATT <file title>

ATT <long file title>

FILE <file title>

FILE <long file title>

Lists the file attributes of a specified file. If the file title does not include an ON <family name> clause, DUMPALL searches for one of the following matching files:

  • For a disk file with a matching file name

  • For a tape file with a matching file name

You can specify the file that is to be a tape file by using the family name TAPE as follows:

<file name> ON TAPE

ATTRIBUTES <directory title>

ATTRIBUTES <long directory title>

ATT <directory title>

ATT <long directory title>

FILE <directory title>

FILE <long directory title>

Lists all the disk files in a disk directory.

ATTRIBUTES <file title> PRINT

ATTRIBUTES <long file title> PRINT

ATTRIBUTES <directory title> PRINT

ATTRIBUTES <long directory title> PRINT

ATT <file title> PRINT

ATT <long file title> PRINT

ATT <directory title> PRINT

ATT <long directory title> PRINT

FILE <file title> PRINT

FILE <long file title> PRINT

FILE <directory title> PRINT

FILE <long directory title> PRINT

Used in interactive mode to list file attributes of the specified file or files on the printer instead of on the remote terminal.

Example

The following example lists the file attributes of the file IN/FILE:

FILE IN/FILE;