Unless the volume set the file is part of consists of a single disc drive,
the ldev no you received is fairly useless. MPE/iX spreads files across
multiple drives - the file label could be on one drive, the first extent on
another, the second extent on a third, etc. The number you got is probably
the drive with the file label on it.

John Burke


> -----Original Message-----
> From: HP-3000 Systems Discussion [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On
> Behalf Of Brian Donaldson
> Sent: Sunday, June 26, 2005 11:09 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [HP3000-L] AIFFILEGGET Boo Boo ?
>
>
> I received a lot of offline emails from folks (including HP techies)
> regarding this matter. Thanks to all who wrote.
>
> Since then, I have discovered another little faux pas regarding
> AIFFILEGGET -- there is no item that gives me the ldev no
> that the file is
> on!
>
> However, I used the MPEiX intrinsic FFILEINFO (item 50) which
> gives me the
> ldev no for the opened file....
>
> Thanks to all who responded to my postings on this issue....
>
> Brian Donaldson.
>
> On Sun, 12 Jun 2005 17:56:32 -0400, Brian Donaldson
> <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
>
> >The AIFFILEGGET intrinsic apparently has a slight flaw in it...
> >
> >Example:
> >
> >   GETPRIVMODE;
> >   AIFFILEGGET(overall_status,
> >               item_num_array,
> >               item_array,
> >               item_status_array,,
> >               file_name);
> >
> >I pass it a file name with item 5015 which returns a boolean
> indicating
> >which domain the file is in (perm or temp).
> >
> >Well, the oxymoron here is that if the name of the file passed
> >in "file_name" is a TEMP file then the intrinsic returns an
> overall_status
> >error code of -0043 (ivalid file name).
> >
> >So when I pass a file name of a file that resides in the
> PERM directory the
> >intrinsic works fine and gives me all the info I want. In
> this case item
> >5015 would appear to be pretty useless as I already *know*
> the file is a
> >PERM file(!)
> >
> >FYI to one and all....
> >
> >
> >TIA,
> >Brian Donaldson.
> >
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