Edit User's Guide and Reference Manual

QUERY Command

EDIT Command Summary

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Examples 1. The command:

*QUERY

returns information about the current file in the following format:

FILE

$volname.subvolname.filename

setoption

SPACE USED

end-of-file

filesize

SLACK

percentage

where:

$volname.subvolname.filename

is the full name of the current EDIT file. See “How EDIT Files Are

Named” in Section 6 for information on EDIT file names.

setoption

is information on each of the possible set options.

end-of-file

is the relative byte address of the current end-of-file location.

filesize

is the maximum size of the file in bytes.

percentage

indicates the unused portion of the file between file byte zero and the

end-of-file location.

(See “Compressing Space in an EDIT File” in Section 6 for an example

of why and how to use the QUERY command to determine file size.)