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vms dir/size can't display file's blocks number

edward wang_1 — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 02:21:22 GMT

Hi all
need help.
vms7.3-2, oracle file.
doing :
$ dir a1032.a;1/size

Directory DKB0:[HANZI]

A1032.A;1
*******
Total of 1 file, 10179168 block

can't display file's block number, just have ****.
how to resolve it? thanks first.

edward wang

Re: vms dir/size can't display file's blocks number

Ken Robinson — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 02:38:38 GMT

You have to specify the width of the size field if it's over 7 characters:

$ dir/width=size=10/size a1032.a

You could also ask for the size in Mb:

$ dir/size=un=by/width=size=10 a1032.a

Help is your friend here. See

$ help dir/width

Ken

Re: vms dir/size can't display file's blocks number

edward wang_1 — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 02:56:57 GMT

Hi ken

thank you so much

Re: vms dir/size can't display file's blocks number

Wim Van den Wyngaert — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 06:06:23 GMT

Or do a dir/fu.

Wim

Re: vms dir/size can't display file's blocks number

Accullise — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 02:11:06 GMT

hi wang...
i just define as a symbol like this...
DS == "DIR/SIZE=ALL/DATE"

and then
you can type >> ds (dir_name)