1.$ ERR = F$GETDVI("_DQA0","ERRCNT") $ SHOW SYMBOL ERR ERR = 0 Hex = 00000000 Octal = 000000 This example shows how to use the F$GETDVI function to return an error count for the device DQA0. You must place quotation marks (" ") around the device name DQA0 and the item ERRCNT because they are string literals. 2.$ LIBRARY/EXTRACT=$DCDEF/OUTPUT=$DCDEF.TXT SYS$LIBRARY:STARLET.MLB This example shows how to create a file, $DCDEF.TXT, containing a list of values for device types and device classes from the STARLET library. The device classes begin with 'DC$', and device types begin with 'DT$'. Note that most modern SCSI disks and tapes return the generic DEVTYPE code (DT$_GENERIC_DK or DT$_GENERIC_MK), therefore you should use the DEVICE_TYPE_NAME item: $ X=F$GETDVI("XDELTA$DKA0:","DEVICE_TYPE_NAME") $ SHOW SYMBOL X X = "RZ29B" 3.$ WRITE SYS$OUTPUT F$GETDVI ( "$1$DGA30", PATH_SWITCH_TO_TIME", _$ "PGA0.5000-1FE1-0001=5782" ) 19-MAY-2006 14:47:41.77 This example shows the use of the optional path name parameter for F$GETDVI. If a path is not specified, information for the multipath current path is returned. To determine the paths for a multipath device, use the F$MULTIPATH lexical function.