The DIRECTORY command is used to show the currently queued message files in either all channel queues or a particular channel queue. In the listing, message identification numbers will appear to the left of each message file name. These numbers may be used with the DELETE, HISTORY, HOLD, READ, RELEASE, and RETURN commands so as to identify which message to operate on. The DIRECTORY command produces its listing by looking at either the actual queue directory tree on disk, or by looking at the queue cache database. Use either the VIEW command or the /DIRECTORY_TREE or /DATABASE qualifiers to control the source of information used. Note that when /DIRECTORY_TREE or VIEW DIRECTORY_TREE is used, the "queued since" dates are the date and time that the message file was created; when /DATABASE or VIEW DATABASE is used, the queued since dates are the date and time that the message was enqueued and may pre-date the actual creation date for the message file itself.