$ DIR/LINK/FILE Directory SYS$SYSDEVICE:[EXAMPLES] TARGET.TXT;1 (5601,12,0) FOO.LNK;1 -> TARGET.TXT (5600,12,0) Total of 2 files. $ FID_FILE = F$FILE_ATTRIBUTES("FOO.LNK","FID") $ FID_SYM = F$SYMLINK_ATTRIBUTES("FOO.LNK","FID") $ SHOW SYMBOL FID_FILE FID_FILE = "(5601,12,0)" $ SHOW SYMBOL FID_SYM FID_SYM = "(5600,12,0)" This example uses the F$SYMLINK_ATTRIBUTES function to return information about the symbolic link file FOO.LNK.