FILEDDWORD Function

Purpose

Returns a character string that is the value of the attribute c for file x.

FILEDDWORD(x,c)

Parameters

x

File reference.

c

Character string that holds the attribute to be queried.

Description

FILEDDWORD returns a character string that is the value of the attribute c for file x. When using FILEDDWORD, the following are valid options for c:

• access
• amthd
• action
• charset
• filename
• organization
• recfm
• type

These options return the following values:

• ACCESS returns SEQUENTIAL or DIRECT.
• ACTION returns INPUT, OUTPUT, or UPDATE.
• AMTHD returns VSAM KSDS, VSAM ESDS or VSAM RRDS, FILESYS when run under Enterprise Server and FILESYS when run outside of Enterprise Server.
• CHARSET returns ASCII or EBCDIC.
• On the Enterprise Server the FILENAME returns an MVS dataset name. For an MVS dataset that is a member of a PDS or PDSE, the name returned includes the member name. When run outside of Enterprise Server it returns the fully qualified path name of the file.
• ORGANIZATION returns CONSECUTIVE, RELATIVE, REGIONAL(1) or INDEXED.
• RECFM returns the appropriate record format setting for the file, and U for VSAM files. This option is only valid on Enterprise Server.
• TYPE returns RECORD or STREAM.