Display DL File Attributes (DSPDLFA)

The Display DataLink File Attributes (DSPDLFA) command can be used to display information about DataLink columns in a file.

Keyword	Description	Choices	Notes
FILE	File	Qualified object name	Required, Positional 1
Qualifier 1: File	Name
Qualifier 2: Library	Name, LIBL, CURLIB
FLD	Field name	Name, *ALL	Optional, Positional 2
OUTPUT	Output	, PRINT	Optional

File (FILE)

Specifies the physical file for which you are showing DataLink attributes.

This is a required parameter.

Qualifier 1: File

name: Specify the name of the physical file.

Qualifier 2: Library

*LIBL: All libraries in the library list for the current thread are searched. All objects in these libraries with the specified object name are shown.

*CURLIB: The current library for the job is searched. If no library is specified as the current library for the job, the QGPL library is used.
*ALL: All libraries on the system are searched.
name: Specify the name of the library to be searched.

Field name (FLD)

Specifies which DataLink field you want to display.

*ALL: All DataLink fields in the specified physical file are displayed.
name: Specify the name of the single field to be displayed.

Output (OUTPUT)

Specifies whether the output from the command is displayed at the requesting work station or printed with the job's spooled output.

*: The output is displayed (if requested by an interactive job) or printed with the job's spooled output (if requested by a batch job).

*PRINT: The output is printed with the job's spooled output.

Examples

DSPDLFA   FILE(ADMN/PERSONNEL)  FLD(*ALL)  OUTPUT(*PRINT)

This command prints a list of records for file PERSONNEL in the ADMN library. For all DataLink fields in the file with the attribute FILE LINK CONTROL, the listing will show whether the server connection can be established and if there are pending DataLink transactions not complete with the DataLink File Manager (DLFM) server.