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cmsdfind

Portability:

SAS/C extension

SYNOPSIS

#include <cmsio.h>

int cmsdfind(struct FILEINFO *info, char *pattern);

DESCRIPTION

cmsdfind searches for a CMS file whose name matches the pattern pointed to by pattern . The pattern is a string of the form filename filetype filemode, where one or more parts of the file ID can be an "*" . For example, "* EXEC A" is a pattern that matches all files with filetype EXEC on the A disk. Similarly, "DATA * C" is a pattern that matches all files with a filename of DATA on the C disk. If a match is found, cmsdfind fills in the FILEINFO structure.

You can specify pattern in any form of the cms or xed style that provides a file ID for a CMS disk file. For example, "cms:*.exec.*" is a pattern that matches all file IDS with a filetype of EXEC on any accessed disk.

The header file <cmsio.h> contains the structure FILEINFO . This structure is used for both cmsdfind and cmsdnext . The structure is defined as follows:

struct FILEINFO {
      char _[22];     /* reserved - do not alter   */
      char recfm;     /* file RECFM                */
      char _1;
      int lrecl;      /* file LRECL                */
      int norecs;     /* number of records in file */
      char name[21];  /* null-terminated fileid    */
   };

RETURN VALUE

cmsdfind returns 0 if a match is found or a non-zero value if a match is not found.

If a match is found, the name element in the FILEINFO structure is filled in with the filename, filetype, and filemode of the matching fileid. The filename and filetype are padded on the right with blanks to eight characters. All parts of the fileid are in uppercase letters. The fileid is terminated with a null character.

The recfm field contains either 'F' or 'V', depending on the RECFM of the file. The lrecl field contains the LRECL of the file, and the norecs field contains the number of records in the file. Other file information can be retrieved with the cmsstat or cmsstate functions.

CAUTION

The first 22 characters in the FILEINFO structure are reserved for subsequent calls to cmsdnext . This area contains a copy of the pattern and a pointer to an internal control block. Do not alter this area.

Disk I/O is not permitted between calls to cmsdfind and cmsdnext if the I/O is to the same disk that is being searched by cmsdfind and cmsdnext . You also cannot use cmspid between cmsdfind and cmsdnext if these functions

refer to the same disk. Note that if you run VM/XA or VM/ESA, you can use cmsffind and cmsfnext in place of cmsdfind and cmsdnext to avoid these restrictions.

EXAMPLE

#include <cmsio.h>

int rc;
struct FILEINFO info;

   /* List all files with filename PROFILE. */
rc = cmsdfind(&info,"PROFILE * *");
while (rc == 0) {
   puts(info.name);
   rc = cmsdnext(&info);
}

RELATED FUNCTIONS

cmsdnext , cmsffind , opendir , osdfind

SEE ALSO

• File Management Functions

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