C$FILEINFO

C$FILEINFO retrieves operating system information for the named file. The syntax of C$FILEINFO is:

CALL "C$FILEINFO"
   USING FILE-NAME, FILE-INFO, 
   GIVING STATUS-CODE

There are no restrictions on the use of C$FILEINFO. Note, however, that STATUS-CODE holds a zero (0) if successful, a one (1) if the file does not exist or is not a regular disk file, and a two (2) if there is a network error (for example, AcuServer is not running).

FILE_PREFIX is not used to search for FILE-NAME. A full path name to the file, including remote name notation, must be hard coded in the function call. A more portable solution is to use the ACCEPT FROM ENVIRONMENT statement to get pathnames during program execution. See ACCEPT Statement in the ACUCOBOL-GT Reference Manual for more information.