Guardian Procedure Calls Reference Manual (G06.25+)

Guardian Procedure Calls (A-B)
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ALTER Procedure
(Superseded by FILE_ALTERLIST_ Procedure )
ALTER Procedure
(Superseded by FILE_ALTERLIST_ Procedure
)
Summary
Syntax for C Programmers
Syntax for TAL Programmers
Parameters
Condition Code Settings
Considerations
OSS Considerations
Example
Summary
The ALTER procedure changes certain attributes of a disk file that are normally set
when the file is created.
Syntax for C Programmers
This procedure does not have a C syntax, because it is superseded and should not be
used for new development. This procedure is supported only for compatibility with
previous software.
Syntax for TAL Programmers
Parameters
file-name input
INT:ref:12
is an array containing the internal-format file name of the disk file to be altered.
function input
INT:value
is a value specifying what characteristic of the file is to be changed. See Table 2-2
.
Note. This procedure is supported for compatibility with previous software and should not be
used for new development.
CALL ALTER ( file-name ! i
,function ! i
,newvalue ! i
,[ partonly ] ); ! i