Functions and CALL Routines under OpenVMS

FOPTNAME Function: OpenVMS

Returns the name of an information item for an external file.

Category:	External Files
OpenVMS specifics:	Available information items
See:	FOPTNAME Function in SAS Language Reference: Dictionary

Syntax
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Syntax

FOPTNAME(file-id,nval)

file-id

specifies the identifier that was assigned when the file was opened, generally by the FOPEN function.

nval

specifies the number of the information item. The following table shows the values that nval can have in OpenVMS operating environments for single and concatenated files.

	Information Items
nval	Single File	Concatenated Files
1	Filename	Filename
2	Owner Name	File List
3	Group Name	Owner Name
4	Access Permission	Group Name
5	File Size (bytes)	Access Permission
6		File Size (bytes)

Details

FOPTNAME returns a blank if an error occurred.