3.4.8 - Get Quasar File Information

      Action Option -GQ (-GetQuasarFile) (Aliass: -GetQuasar, -GetBackupFile, -GetBackup) :

      gets information of backup files on Quasar Server for a given dataset and/or specified Quasar file names. The file list can be further specified for file archive types, and other conditions.

      dsarch[-(DS|Dataset)] dsnnn.n -(GQ|GetQuasarFile) [Mode Options]
        [-(FN|FieldNames) FieldNameString]
        [-(ON|OrderNames) OrderNameString]
        [-(OB|OrderBy) OrderByPattern]
        [-(QF|QuasarFile) QuasarFileNames]
        [-(QT|QuasarFileType) QuasarFileTypes]
        [-(FS|FileStatus) QuasarFileStatus]
        [-(DE|Description) QuasarFileDescriptions]
        [(-OF|-OutputFile) OutputFileName]
        [-(DB|Debug) DebugModeInfo]

      Mode options that can be specified for getting Saved file action:

      Use Info option -FN (-FieldNames) to specify what fields of file on Saved Server to retrieve. It defaults to 'FNMTHS' if option -FN is not provided; information of all available fields is retrieved if -FN ALL is given.

      Valid Saved file field names and their corresponding Info options:

      -(FO|FormatOutput)format the column output with a same width for all values of a given field
      NamesInfo OptionsDescriptions
      F-(QF|QuasarFile)Quasar file names with relative paths
      T-(QT|QuasarFileType)Quasar file archiving types
      C-(MC|MD5Checksum)Saved file MD5 Checksum
      N-(DF|DataFormat)data content formats
      M-(AF|ArchiveFormat)file archive formats
      O-(DO|DisplayOrder)display order indices
      B-(QF|QuasarFile)Quasar backup file names
      Q-(QT|QuasarType)Quasar backyp fie types
      H-(FS|FileStatus)Quasar file archiving status
      S-(SZ|Size)Quasar file sizes
      J-(FD|FileDate)date data last modified on
      K-(FT|FileTime)time data last modified at
      D-(DE|Description)Quasar file descriptions

      The dataset number per option -DS (-Dataset) is mandatory unless Quasar file names are provided. An error message is prompted for specialist to pick one dataset number and rerun 'dsarch' if multiple datasets are identified for given Quasar file information without specified dataset number. Quasar file names are expanded automatically to include full paths relative to the dataset Home Directories if the file names are given without or with incomplete paths.

      Quasar file information can be retrieved for further specified file archive types per option -QT (-QuasarFileType) and Quasar file descriptions per -DE (-Description). Info options -QF and -DE accept wildcard inputs of '%' for matching any number of characters.



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