At 12:58 28/08/2000 -0700, Larry Barnes wrote:
>I am trying to do a listf of all db root files using the "code=" option
>within mpex.
>I know that root files have a code of -400 and that the data sets use a
>file code of -401.
>The syntax I am using is :
> listf @.data.fmsc(code="-400"),db

Hello Larry & List,

The 'db' parameter in MPEX's LISTF command will report DETAIL dataset
names, capacities, population, blocking factor, wasted space, etc.
Since you have asked for ROOT files only, there is nothing to report.

Leave out the '(code-"-400)' and do just

                listf @.data.fmsc,db

and MPEX will select and report only TurboImage detail files.

In other words, the 'db' format spec is irrelevant to TurboImage root files.
If you want to list only root files, then your original command is OK, but
you need to replace the ',db' with an MPE/iX format spec like ',2' or
',3' or whatever; and also, since all processes that access a TurboImage
database open the root file, it is often useful to do something like

                listf @.data.fmsc(code="-400"),access

FWIW,
Ron Burnett
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