Modifies the characteristics of one or more files. It handles
all attributes which 'SET FILE' can't handle.
Format:
SET file-spec[,...],@file
1 – Parameters
file-spec[,...],@file Specifies one or more files to be modified. If two or more files are specified, separate them with commas. A filelist may be used by specifying @file. Thus, an output file generated by a DFU SEARCH command can be used to be processed with SET. Wildcard characters are allowed in the file specifications.
2 – Qualifiers
2.1 /ACCESS_DATE
/ACCESS_DATE=date /NOACCESS_DATE Controls whether a new file access date is assigned to the specified files. Specify the date according to the rules described in Chapter 1 of the VMS DCL Concepts Manual. Absolute date keywords are allowed.
2.2 /ATTRIBUTE_DATE
/ATTRIBUTE_DATE=date /NOATTRIBUTE_DATE Controls whether a new lats attribute change date is assigned to the specified files. Specify the date according to the rules described in Chapter 1 of the VMS DCL Concepts Manual. Absolute date keywords are allowed.
2.3 /BACKUP_DATE
/BACKUP_DATE=date /NOBACKUP_DATE Controls whether a new backup date is assigned to the specified files. Specify the date according to the rules described in Chapter 1 of the VMS DCL Concepts Manual. Absolute date keywords are allowed. Use of this qualifier requires ownership of the file or access control.
2.4 /BADACL
/BADACL /NOBADACL Sets or resets the 'BAD ACL' flag in the file header. This enables deletion of a file with a corrupted ACL.
2.5 /BCK
/BCK /NOBCK Clears or sets the file's nobackup bit. (/BCK clears the bit, /NOBCK sets the bit).
2.6 /BUCKETSIZE
/BUCKETSIZE=size Sets a new value for the bucket size in the file header.
2.7 /CONFIRM
/CONFIRM
/NOCONFIRM (default)
Controls whether a request is issued before each individual SET
operation to confirm that the operation should be performed on that
file.
When the system issues the prompt, issue any of the following responses:
YES NO QUIT
TRUE FALSE <CTRL/Z>
1 0 ALL
<RET>
2.8 /CONTIGUOUS_BEST_TRY
/CONTIGUOUS_BEST_TRY /NOCONTIGUOUS_BEST_TRY Sets or resets the 'CONTIGUOUS_BEST_TRY' bit in the file header.
2.9 /CREATION_DATE
/CREATION_DATE=date /NOCREATION_DATE Controls whether a new creation date is assigned to the specified files. Specify the date according to the rules described in Chapter 1 of the VMS DCL Concepts Manual. Absolute date keywords are allowed. Use of this qualifier requires ownership of the file or access control.
2.10 /DIRECTORY
/DIRECTORY /NODIRECTORY Sets or resets the directory attribute of a file. This qualifier allows to set the directory bit of a file which was mistakingly reset by the 'SET FILE/NODIRECTORY' command. If it is done on a non- directory file, then access to that directory will give a 'BADIRECTORY' error.
2.11 /EBLOCK
/EBLOCK[=block] This qualifier will reset the end-of-file mark to the highest block allocated if no block has been specified. Otherwise the end-of-file mark will be set to the specified block.
2.12 /EBYTE
/EBYTE[=byte] This qualifier will set the end-of-file byte mark to the highest byte if it has not been specified. Otherwise the end-of-file byte mark will be set to the specified byte.
2.13 /EXPIRATION_DATE
/EXPIRATION_DATE=date /NOEXPIRATION_DATE Controls whether an expiration date is assigned to the specified files. Specify the date according to the rules described in Chapter 1 of the VMS DCL Concepts Manual. Absolute date keywords are allowed. Use of this qualifier requires ownership of the file or access control.
2.14 /IDENT
/IDENT=identifier or uic Modifies the file-owner. This command can also be used on open files (such as INDEXF.SYS). /IDENT cannot be combined with /OWNER_UIC
2.15 /IGNORE
/IGNORE=INTERLOCK Set the file attributes even if the file is open or locked.
2.16 /LOCKED
/LOCKED /NOLOCKED This qualifier will lock a file for future use. Nothing else can then be done with the file, until it is unlocked (which can also be done with the VMS 'UNLOCK' command.
2.17 /LOG
/LOG (default) /NOLOG Controls whether the SET command displays the file specification of each file after the modification is made.
2.18 /MAXREC
/MAXREC=record Sets a new value for the maximum record number in the file header.
2.19 /NOMOVE
/NOMOVE /NONOMOVE Disables or enables the MoveFile attribute.
2.20 /ORGANIZATION
/ORGANIZATION=keyword The following keywords are used as parameters for the ORGANIZATION qualifier: DIRECT, INDEXED, RELATIVE and SEQUENTIAL. This will allow to modify the file organization type in the file header. Of course this won't change the real organization of the file.
2.21 /OWNER_UIC
/OWNER_UIC=uic or identifier Modifies the file-owner. This command can also be used on open files (such as INDEXF.SYS). /OWNER_UIC can not be combined with /IDENT.
2.22 /RECATTRIBUTES
/RECATTRIBUTES=keyword The following keywords are used as parameters for the RECATTRIBUTES qualifier: NONE, FORTRAN, IMPLIED, PRINT and NOSPAN. This will allow to modify the file's record attributes in the file header. NONE, FORTRAN, IMPLIED and PRINT are mutually exclusive, but can be used in combination with NOSPAN. When NOSPAN is omitted SPAN is assumed (the default is to allow records to cross block boundaries).
2.23 /RECSIZE
/RECSIZE=size Sets a new value for the record size in the file header.
2.24 /RECTYPE
/RECTYPE=keyword The following keywords are used as parameters for the RECTYPE qualifier: FIXED, STREAM, STREAMCR, STREAMLF, UNDEFINED, VARIABLE and VFC. This will allow to modify the file's record type in the file header.
2.25 /REVISION_DATE
/REVISION_DATE=date /NOREVISION_DATE Controls whether a revision date is assigned to the specified files. Specify the date according to the rules described in Chapter 1 of the VMS DCL Concepts Manual. Absolute date keywords are allowed. Use of this qualifier requires ownership of the file or access control.
2.26 /RVCOUNT
/RVCOUNT=count Sets a new value for the revision count in the file header.
2.27 /UPDATE
/UPDATE /NOUPDATE (default) Normally the file's revision date will be updated after any modification to it. SET however disables this update (otherwise the REVISION date could not be set). Specify this qualifier if the revision date must be updated.
2.28 /VERSION_LIMIT
/VERSION_LIMIT=limit Change the file's version limit. Can be used with /IGNORE=INTERLOCK to change the version limit of an open file. However: this will only work when the filename specified is the highest existing version of that file (this will be automatic when the version limit is not specified on the command line). The specified version limit must be between 0 and 32767. This command has no effect on directory files.
2.29 /VFCSIZE
/VFCSIZE=size Sets a new value for the VFC size in the file header. This value will only be used with the VFC record type.