Displays the formatted contents of an OpenVMS control block that begins at the address specified by the expression "location." Most blocks include a byte that indicates the block type. Associated with each type of block is a set of symbols with a common prefix. Each symbol's name describes a field within the block, and the value of the symbol represents the offset of the field within the block. If the block-type byte contains a valid block type (and/or subtype), SDA retrieves the symbols associated with that type of block (see $DYNDEF) and uses their values to format the block. If the block-type byte does not contain a valid block type, you must use the /TYPE qualifier to format the block. For a given block type, all associated symbols have the following form: <block type>$<type>_<name> where type is one of the following: B Byte W Word L Longword Q Quadword A Address C Constant G Global Longword P Pointer R Structure (variable size) T Counted ASCII string (up to 31 characters) If SDA cannot find the symbols associated with the block type specified in the block-type byte or by the /TYPE qualifier, it issues the following message: No <block type> symbols found to format this block Use the READ command to obtain additional symbol definitions.