Display Library Description (DSPLIBD)

The Display Library Description (DSPLIBD) command displays the description of a library. The description includes the type of library, the auxiliary storage pool (ASP) number, the ASP device name, the ASP group device name, the default public authority for objects created in the library, the default auditing value for objects created in the library, the text description for the library, an indication of whether or not the library is currently journaled, and other journaling attributes associated with the library.

Restrictions:

  1. You must have some authority other than *EXCLUDE authority for the library to display the attributes of the library.
  2. The actual default auditing value for objects created into the library is shown only if you have all object (*ALLOBJ) or audit (*AUDIT) special authority. If you do not have at least one of these special authorities, the default auditing value is shown as not available (*NOTAVL).

Parameters

Keyword Description Choices Notes
LIB Library Name Required, Positional 1
OUTPUT Output *, *PRINT Optional, Positional 2

Library (LIB)

Specifies the library for which the description is to be displayed.

This is a required parameter.

name
Specify the name of the library for which the description is to be displayed.

Output (OUTPUT)

Specifies whether the output from the command is displayed at the requesting work station or printed with the job's spooled output.

*
The output is displayed (if requested by an interactive job) or printed with the job's spooled output (if requested by a batch job).
*PRINT
The output is printed with the job's spooled output.

Examples 

DSPLIBD   LIB(QGPL)

This command displays type, ASP number, ASP device, create authority value, create object auditing value, and text description for the QGPL library.

Error messages

*ESCAPE Messages

CPF210E
Library &1 not available for reason code &2.
CPF2115
Object &1 in &2 type *&3 damaged.
CPF2150
Object information function failed.
CPF2151
Operation failed for &2 in &1 type *&3.
CPF9810
Library &1 not found.
CPF9820
Not authorized to use library &1.
CPF9830
Cannot assign library &1.