Guardian Programming Reference Summary for pTAL and TAL

Procedure Calls Summary (A-C)
Guardian Programming Reference Summary for pTAL and TAL—522631-001
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ALTER
(Superseded by FILE_ALTERLIST_) Changes disk file characteristics that cannot
ordinarily be changed while the file is open. This procedure operates only on Guardian
objects.
<2> Allocate a writeback-inhibit segment.
<1> If 1, bits <8:15> are ignored.
<1> If 0, allocate a segment sharable by the PIN method.
CALL ALTER ( filename
,function
,newvalue
,[ partonly ] );
filename, INT:ref:12 input
function, INT:value input
1 Change file code.
2 Change the TMF audited characteristic of the file.
3 Change the refresh flag.
4 Oddunstr:allow odd byte positioning and transfers.
5 Change the alternate key description. This function is not supported for format 2
files.
6 Change the partitioning description. This function is not supported for format 2
files.
7 Resets the broken flag.
8 Change the expiration date.
newvalue, INT:ref:* input
partonly, INT:value input
< (CCL) An error occurred (call FILEINFO).
= (CCE) The call to ALTER was successful.
> (CCG) An error occurred (call FILEINFO).