FINFO Function: UNIX
Returns the value of a file information item for
an external file.
| Category: |
External Files |
| UNIX specifics: |
info-item is
available
|
| See: |
FINFO Function in SAS Functions and CALL Routines: Reference |
Syntax
FINFO(file-id, info-item)
Required Arguments
- file-id
-
specifies the identifier
that was assigned when the file was opened, generally by the FOPEN
function.
- info-item
-
specifies the name
of the file information item to be retrieved. This value is a character
value. Info-item is either
a variable containing a valid value or the valid value in quotation
marks.
Under UNIX,
info-item for
disk files can have one of the following values:
If you concatenate
filenames, then an additional
info-item is
available: File List.
If you are using pipe
files, then the only valid value for
info-item is
PIPE Command.
Details
The FINFO function returns
the value of a system-dependent information item for an external file
that was previously opened and assigned a
file-id by
the FOPEN function. FINFO returns a blank if the value given for
info-item is
invalid.