Functions and CALL Routines under UNIX

DINFO Function: UNIX

Returns information about a directory.

Category:	External Files
UNIX specifics:	Directory pathname is the only information available
See:	DINFO Function in SAS Language Reference: Dictionary

Syntax
Details
See Also

Syntax

DINFO(directory-id, info-item)

directory-id: specifies the identifier that was assigned when the directory was opened, generally by the DOPEN function.
info-item: specifies the information item to be retrieved. DINFO returns a blank if the value of info-item is invalid.

Details

Directories that are opened with the DOPEN function are identified by a directory-id. Use DOPTNAME to determine the names of the available system-dependent information items. Use DOPTNUM to determine the number of directory information items available.

Under UNIX, the only info-item available is Directory, which is the pathname of directory-id. If directory-id points to a list of concatenated directories, then Directory is the list of concatenated directory names.