When the I line command is entered against a symbolic or external link file, the z/OS® UNIX Symbolic Link Information panel is displayed. Figure 1 shows an example.

                      z/OS UNIX Symbolic Link Information
 Command ===>                                                                 

 Pathname  . . . : /SYSTEM/etc/ioepdcf

 General Data
  External Link : NO
  File Size . . : 22
  Links . . . . : 1
  Inode . . . . : 7
  Last Modified : 2002/11/20 19:30:53
  Last Changed  : 2002/11/20 19:30:53
  Last Accessed : 2002/11/20 19:30:53
  Created . . . : 2002/11/20 19:30:53

 Owner
  File  . . . . : IBMUSER(0)
  Group . . . . : OMVSGRP(1)

 Symbolic Link -
  ../etc/dfs/etc/ioepdcf

  F1=Help      F2=Split     F3=Exit      F4=Expand    F7=Backward  F8=Forward
  F9=Swap     F10=Actions  F12=Cancel

This panel displays information describing the attributes of a z/OS UNIX symbolic or external file. The Pathname field displays the path name of the selected symbolic or external link file.

The General Information section of the panel displays these fields:

External Link

A value of YES indicates the file is an external link to an object outside of the file system. A value of NO indicates the file is a link to another file or a directory.

Size

The file size, in bytes.

Links

The number of hard links to the file.

Inode

File identification number, unique within the file system.

Last Modified

The date and time the file was last changed.

Last Changed

The date and time the status of the file was last changed.

Last Accessed

The date and time the data in the file was last accessed.

Created

The date and time the file was created.

The Owner section of the panel displays these fields:

File

The user ID and UID number of the owner of the file or directory.

Group

The group name and GID number of the owner of the file or directory.

The Symbolic Link field is a scrollable field that displays the path name or external name to which this symbolic link file refers.