DNS$CPHELP.HLB  —  set  link
 Modifies characteristics of the specified soft link.

 SYNOPSIS

      SET LINK link-name characteristic

 Arguments

 link-name

 The full name of the soft link.

 characteristic

 The name and the value of the characteristic to be modified. Specify
 one or both of the following for the characteristic argument:

 DNS$LinkTarget [=] fullname
 DNS$LinkTimeout [=] [(expiration-time extension-time)]

 Description

 This command modifies characteristics of the specified soft link.
 Enter one or both of the following characteristics. If you enter
 both characteristics, separate them with a comma.

 DNS$LinkTarget

 Specifies the full name of the directory, object entry, or other
 soft link to which the soft link points.

 DNS$LinkTimeout

 Specifies a timeout value after which the soft link is either
 extended or deleted. The timeout value contains both an expiration
 time and an extension time. If a soft link expires and its target
 entry has been deleted, the soft link is deleted. If the link still
 points to an existing entry, its life is extended by the expiration
 time. Specify expiration-time in the format yyyy-mm-dd-hh:mm:ss. The
 default value of 0 means "never expire." Specify extension-time in
 the format ddd-hh:mm:ss. The default value is 000-00:00:00.

 ACCESS RIGHTS
 You must have write access to the soft link you intend to modify.
Additional Information: explode extract

example

DECSET$ENVMGR.HLB

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