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HP OpenVMS DCL Dictionary
 
 
F$FID_TO_NAME (Alpha/Integrity servers Only)
 
Translates a file identification to a file specification.
 
 
Format
F$FID_TO_NAME (device-name,file-id)
  
Return Value
 
A character string containing the file specification.
 
Arguments
device-name
Specifies the device on which the file resides. You can specify a 
logical name for the device.
file-id
Specifies the file identification that is to be translated into the 
correlating file specification.
 
 
Example
 
  
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$ WRITE SYS$OUTPUT F$FID_TO_NAME("SYS$SYSDEVICE","(2901,33,0)")
DISK$NODE1:[VMS$COMMON.SYSEXE]SHOW.EXE;1
      
      
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This example demonstrates that the file with identifier "2901,33,0" on 
the system disk is file SHOW.EXE. Note: You can omit the parentheses 
around the file identifier, provided it is enclosed by double quotation 
marks.
  
  
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