Use new 'msallinfo' command for details on MSS files

Command is based on DCE interface . . .

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Ken Hansen
by Ken Hansen


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L ast winter, SCD instituted new Mass Storage System (MSS) file-maintenance commands based on the Distributed Computing Environment interface. These commands are available on the Crays and on the SCD front-end computer, meeker.ucar.edu.

If you previously used the msinfo command to obtain detailed information on your files, you can now use the msallinfo command. This command neatly formats the verbose output that comes from the msrawinfo command.


An example

For example, if you type:

    msallinfo /JDOE/my_file

you will get a report about my_file that includes the following fields:

/JDOE/my_file
    Bitfile   Version   2   SelfPtr     1500CFC2   ParPtr     180312BD
    Sci 9999   Project 99999999   User JDOE
    Size 50966              Read Count      0   Write Count      1
    Created 19960501164856   Ref1 Time 19970325133444
    Written 19960501164856   Ref2 Time 19961210160724
    Read    19961210160724   Ref3 Time 19960726110358
    Comp'd  19960627140343   Ref4 Time 19960501164856
    Comment
    RPW Y    WPW Y    Retpd   10000   Saved Retpd     0
    DF TR   MF SH   FRNTND SH   Site NCAR SCD


How to interpret the fields

The 14 digits of the date fields are arranged as follows:

    year -- 4 digits
    month -- 2 digits
    day -- 2 digits
    hour -- 2 digits (24-hour clock)
    minute -- 2 digits
    second -- 2 digits

Other fields and their interpretations include:

     Size            50966          file size (in bytes)
     Read Count          2          has been read twice
     Write Count         1          written once
     Created 19960501164856         date of creation
     Written 19960501164856         date of last write
     Read    19961210160724         date of last read
     Comp'd  19960627140343         compressed on

     Ref1 Time 19970325133444       date of last reference
     Ref2 Time 19961210160724       last reference prior to Ref1
     Ref3 Time 19960726110358       last reference prior to Ref2
     Ref4 Time 19960501164856       last reference prior to Ref3

     Comment
     RPW Y                          file is read passwd protected
     WPW Y                          file is write passwd protected
     Retpd 10000                    retention period (in days)
     Saved Retpd     0              (Used only by msrecover)

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