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Retrieve Object Description (QUSROBJD) API
Required Parameter Group
Receiver variable
OUTPUT; CHAR(*)
The variable that is to receive the requested information. It can be smaller than the format requested
as long as the next parameter, length of receiver variable, specifies the length correctly. When this
variable is smaller than the format, the API returns only the data that the variable can hold.
Length of receiver variable
INPUT; BINARY(4)
The length of the receiver variable. The minimum length is 8 bytes. Do not specify a length that is
longer than the receiver variable; the results are unpredictable.
Format name
INPUT; CHAR(8)
The content and format of the information returned for each specified member. The possible format
names are:
OBJD0100
Basic information (fastest)
OBJD0200
Information similar to that displayed by the programming development manager (PDM)
OBJD0300
Service information
OBJD0400
Full information (slowest)
These are described in the following sections.
Object and library name
INPUT; CHAR(20)
The object for which you want to retrieve information, and the library in which it is located. The
first 10 characters contain the object name, and the second 10 characters contain the library name.
You can use these special values for the library name:
*CURLIB
The job's current library
*LIBL
The library list
Object type
INPUT; CHAR(10)
The type of object for which you want to retrieve the information. You can only specify external
object types. Refer to the CL Reference (Abridged) book for a complete list of available object
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