RETPD Retention Period

RETPD Retention Period. Number of days until the expiry date of the file is reached.

Selection parameter: >x | <x | =x or

in Date format: >dd. [mm. [yy] ] | <dd. [mm. [yy] ] | =dd. [mm. [yy] ]

If mm.yy or yy is omitted, the current month and year will be substituted.

Notes:

The DATE command (page 18-) allows the Retention Period to be displayed in date format, rather than as an age in days. Since the User Option column is only 5 bytes wide, the date will be truncated to YMMDD. Y represents the last digit of the year (e.g. 0 for 1990).

When displaying Archive directory entries, the RETPD User Option will display the expiry date of the data media (tape or cassette) on which the file was saved.

Examples:

RETPD=0

Select all files with an expiry date of today; i.e. those files that may be overwritten today.

RETPD>7

Select all files with a retention period of more than 7 days (calculated from today).

RETPD>01.01.95

Select all files with an expiry date in 1995 or later.