1.$ SET FILE/EXPIRATION_DATE=19-DEC-2001:11:00 BATCH.COM;3

      The SET FILE command requests that the expiration date of the
      file BATCH.COM;3 be set to 11:00 A.M., December 19, 2001.

    2.$ SET FILE/BEFORE=31-DEC/ERASE_ON_DELETE PERSONNEL*.SAL

      This SET FILE command calls for all files that match the file
      specification PERSONNEL*.SAL and are dated before December
      31 of the current year to have their disk locations erased
      whenever one of them is deleted with commands such as DELETE or
      PURGE.

    3.$ SET FILE/OWNER_UIC=[360,020]/VERSION_LIMIT=100 MYFILE.DAT

      The SET FILE command modifies the characteristics of the file
      MYFILE.DAT, changing the owner user identification code (*).
      You must have system privilege (SYSPRV) to change the owner
      UIC.

    4.$ SET FILE/NOMOVE TEST.FDL
      $DIRECTORY/FULL TEST.FDL

      Directory SYS$SYSDEVICE:[BERGMANN]

      TEST.FDL;1   File ID:  (10,8,0)
         .
         .
         .
      File attributes: Allocation: s, Extend: 0, Global buffer count: 0
         No version limit, MoveFile disabled
         .
         .
         .

      Movefile operations are disabled on the file TEST.FDL. A
      DIRECTORY/FULL command on the file TEST.FDL affirms that the
      file attribute Movefile is disabled.

    5.$  SET FILE/ATTRIBUTES=ORG:SEQ -
      _$ TEST$:[DATA]SET_ATTRIBUTES.DATA_FILE/LOG
      %SET-I-MODIFIED, TEST$:[DATA]SET_ATTRIBUTES.DATA_FILE;1 MODIFIED

      The command, SET FILE/ATTRIBUTES, changes the file organization
      of the specified file.

    6.$  SET FILE/PROTECTION=(S:RWE,O=RWE,G:RE,W:RE) TEMP.DIR
      $ DIRECTORY/PROTECTION TEMP.DIR

      Directory DKB0:[FULGHUM]

      TEMP.DIR;1           (RWE,RWE,RE,RE)

      This example sets the protection on the TEMP.DIR file with the
      SET FILE command and then displays the protection of the file
      with the DIRECTORY command.

    7.$  SET FILE/SHARE/GLOBAL_BUFFER=5000/STATISTICS INVENTORY.IDX

      This example sets 5000 global buffers on the INVENTORY.IDX file
      and enables statistics. If the file is open and the SET FILE
      command is issued without the /SHARE qualifier, the following
      error is returned: SYSTEM-W-ACCONFLICT (file access conflict).
      The /SHARE qualifier allows the global buffers and statistics
      to be enabled on an open file; however, these settings only
      apply to new accessors of the file.

    8.$ SET FILE/GLOBAL_BUFFER=100 NEWFILE.DAT
      $ SET FILE/GLOBAL_BUFFER=COUNT=100000 NEWFILE.DAT

      In a clustered environment with mixed OpenVMS versions, the
      same file can be opened on different nodes with different
      global buffer counts. For nodes prior to Version 8.3, use the
      old compatibility setting, and for Version 8.3 nodes and later
      use the new values.

    9.$ DIRECTORY NEWFILE.TXT

      Directory WORK:[DOCUMENTS]

      NEWFILE.TXT;3       NEWFILE.TXT;2       NEWFILE.TXT;1

      Total of 3 files.
      $ SET FILE/VERSION_LIMIT=10/LOG NEWFILE.TXT;
      %SET-I-MODIFIED, WORK:[DOCUMENTS]NEWFILE.TXT;3 modified

      This example sets the version limit of 10 on all three
      existing versions of NEWFILE.TXT. Note that in this case,
      the /LOG qualifier shows only the highest version file
      specification as modified though the version limit has
      been applied to all file versions.