Modifies the characteristics of one or more directories.
See the qualifier descriptions for restrictions.
Format
SET DIRECTORY [device-name[:]]directory-spec[,...]
1 – Parameters
device-name[:]
Specifies the device on which the directory that you want to
modify is located. The device name parameter is optional.
directory-spec[,...]
Specifies one or more directories to be modified. If you specify
more than one directory, separate the directory specifications
with commas. The asterisk (*) and the percent sign (%) wildcard
characters are allowed.
2 – Qualifiers
2.1 /BACKUP
Modifies the time value specified with the /BEFORE or the /SINCE
qualifier. The /BACKUP qualifier selects directories according
to the dates of their most recent backups. This qualifier
is incompatible with the /CREATED, /EXPIRED, and /MODIFIED
qualifiers, which also allow you to select directories according
to time attributes. If you specify none of these four time
qualifiers, the default is the /CREATED qualifier.
2.2 /BEFORE
/BEFORE[=time]
Selects only those directories dated prior to the specified
time. You can specify time as absolute time, as a combination
of absolute and delta times, or as one of the following keywords:
BOOT, LOGIN, TODAY (default), TOMORROW, or YESTERDAY. Specify
one of the following qualifiers with the /BEFORE qualifier
to indicate the time attribute to be used as the basis for
selection: /BACKUP, /CREATED (default), /EXPIRED, or /MODIFIED.
For complete information on specifying time values, see the
OpenVMS User's Manual or the online help topic Date.
2.3 /BY_OWNER
/BY_OWNER[=uic]
Selects only those directories whose owner user identification
code (UIC) matches the specified owner UIC. The default UIC is
that of the current process.
Specify the UIC by using standard UIC format as described in the
VSI OpenVMS Guide to System Security.
The /OWNER_UIC qualifier requires control access, a system UIC,
or privilege.
2.4 /CONFIRM
/CONFIRM
/NOCONFIRM (default)
Controls whether a request is issued before each SET DIRECTORY
operation to confirm that the operation should be performed on
that file. The following responses are valid:
YES NO QUIT
TRUE FALSE Ctrl/Z
1 0 ALL
<Return>
You can use any combination of uppercase and lowercase letters
for word responses. Word responses can be abbreviated to one or
more letters (for example, T, TR, or TRU for TRUE), but these
abbreviations must be unique. Affirmative answers are YES, TRUE,
and 1. Negative answers include: NO, FALSE, 0, and pressing
Return. Entering QUIT or pressing Ctrl/Z indicates that you want
to stop processing the command at that point. When you respond by
entering ALL, the command continues to process, but no further
prompts are given. If you type a response other than one of
those in the list, DCL issues an error message and redisplays
the prompt.
2.5 /CREATED
/CREATED (default)
Modifies the time value specified with the /BEFORE or the /SINCE
qualifier. The /CREATED qualifier selects directories based on
their dates of creation. This qualifier is incompatible with the
/BACKUP, /EXPIRED, and /MODIFIED qualifiers, which also allow
you to select directories according to time attributes. If you
specify none of these four time qualifiers, the default is the
/CREATED qualifier.
2.6 /EXCLUDE
/EXCLUDE=(filespec[,...])
Excludes the specified directories from the SET DIRECTORY
operation. You can include a directory but not a device in the
file specification. The asterisk (*) and the percent sign (%)
wildcard characters are allowed in the file specification;
however, you cannot use relative version numbers to exclude a
specific version. If you specify only one directory, you can omit
the parentheses.
2.7 /EXPIRED
Modifies the time value specified with the /BEFORE or the /SINCE
qualifier. The /EXPIRED qualifier selects directories according
to their expiration dates. (The expiration date is set with
the SET FILE/EXPIRATION_DATE command.) The /EXPIRED qualifier
is incompatible with the /BACKUP, /CREATED, and /MODIFIED
qualifiers, which also allow you to select directories according
to time attributes. If you specify none of these four time
qualifiers, the default is the /CREATED qualifier.
2.8 /LOG
/LOG
/NOLOG (default)
Controls whether the system displays the directory specification
of each directory that is modified as the command executes.
2.9 /MODIFIED
Modifies the time value specified with the /BEFORE or the /SINCE
qualifier. The /MODIFIED qualifier selects directories according
to the dates on which they were last modified. This qualifier is
incompatible with the /BACKUP, /CREATED, and /EXPIRED qualifiers,
which also allow you to select directories according to time
attributes. If you specify none of these four time modifiers, the
default is the /CREATED qualifier.
2.10 /OWNER_UIC
/OWNER_UIC[=uic]
Requires control access, a system UIC, or privilege.
Specifies an owner UIC for the directory. The default UIC is that
of the current process.
2.11 /SINCE
/SINCE[=time]
Selects only those directories dated on or after the specified
time. You can specify time as absolute time, as a combination of
absolute and delta times, or as one of the following keywords:
BOOT, JOB_LOGIN, LOGIN, TODAY (default), TOMORROW, or YESTERDAY.
Specify one of the following qualifiers with the /SINCE qualifier
to indicate the time attribute to be used as the basis for
selection: /BACKUP, /CREATED (default), /EXPIRED, or /MODIFIED.
For complete information on specifying time values, see the
OpenVMS User's Manual or the online help topic Date.
2.12 /STYLE
/STYLE=keyword
Specifies the file name format for display purposes.
The valid keywords for this qualifier are CONDENSED and EXPANDED.
Descriptions are as follows:
Keyword Explanation
CONDENSED Displays the file name representation of what is
(default) generated to fit into a 255-length character string.
This file name may contain a DID or FID abbreviation
in the file specification.
EXPANDED Displays the file name representation of what is
stored on disk. This file name does not contain any
DID or FID abbreviations.
The keywords CONDENSED and EXPANDED are mutually exclusive. This
qualifier specifies which file name format is displayed in the
output message, along with the confirmation if requested.
File errors are displayed with the CONDENSED file specification
unless the EXPANDED keyword is specified.
See the OpenVMS User's Manual for more information.
2.13 /SYMLINK
/SYMLINK=keyword
The valid keywords for this qualifier are [NO]WILDCARD and
[NO]ELLIPSIS. Descriptions are as follows:
Keyword Explanation
WILDCARD Indicates that symlinks are enabled during wildcard
searches.
NOWILDCARD Indicates that symlinks are disabled during directory
wildcard searches.
ELLIPSIS Equivalent to WILDCARD (included for command
symmetry).
NOELLIPSIS Indicates that symlinks are matched for all wildcard
fields except for ellipsis.
If the file named in the SET DIRECTORY command is a symlink, the
command operates on the symlink target.
2.14 /VERSION_LIMIT
/VERSION_LIMIT[=n]
Specifies the total number of versions that a file in the
specified directory can have. If you do not specify a version
limit, a value of 0 is used, indicating that the number of
versions of a file is limited only to the Files-11 architectural
limit-32,767. If you change the version limit for the directory,
the new value applies only to files created after the change has
been made.
The SET DIRECTORY version limit value refers to the number of
files with the same file name and type that can exist in the
directory at one time. It has no effect on the version number
field of a particular file specification. Use the SET FILE
command to set limits on file version numbers.
To find out the current version limit for a directory, use the
DIRECTORY/FULL command on a directory file and look at the File
Attributes component of the output.
3 – Examples
1.$ SET DIRECTORY/VERSION_LIMIT=5/CONFIRM [VERCAMMEN...]
The SET DIRECTORY command in this example sets a version
limit of 5 for all files in the VERCAMMEN directory (the
root directory) and all subdirectories of [VERCAMMEN]. The
/CONFIRM qualifier requests that you confirm whether the
specified directory should actually be modified. Note that this
version limit applies only to files created after the command
is entered.
2.$ SET DIRECTORY/VERSION_LIMIT=8 [.JAIMON...]
In this example, the SET DIRECTORY command sets a version
limit of 8 for all files in the JAIMON subdirectory and any
of its subdirectories (for example, [.JAIMON.ADRIAN]). The
setting for these specific directories overrides any version
limit that might be set for the root directory and its other
subdirectories.
3.$ SET DIRECTORY/OWNER_UIC=[360,020] [WOERTMAN],[MOSER]
The SET DIRECTORY command in this example modifies both the
[WOERTMAN] and [MOSER] directories, changing their owner
UICs. Using the OWNER_UIC qualifier requires SYSPRV (system
privilege).