/CHARACTERISTICS=(characteristic,...) This qualifier is used to select files by their characteristics. The possible characteristics are : o BADACL : files marked with a bad ACL list o BADBLOCK : files marked with Bad Blocks o BESTTRY : files marked contiguous-best-try o CONTIGUOUS : files which are contiguous o DIRECTORY : files marked as a directory file o ERASE : erase file before deletion o LOCKED : files with the deacces lock bit set o MARKED : files marked for deletion o NOBACKUP : files marked as NoBackup o NOCHARGE : files marked as NOCHARGE o NOMOVE : files marked as NOMOVE o SPOOL : spool files o SCRATCH : files marked as scratch files o NOSHELVABLE: files marked a noshelvable o ISSHELVED : files which are shelved DFU will use a logical AND to select files, that is if several characteristics are specified DFU will only return files which have all these characteristics set. To overrule this, use the MATCH=OR keyword, eg: SEARCH device/CHAR=(DIRECTORY,NOBACKUP,MATCH=OR)