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volume file show-filehandle

Show the file handle of a file

Availability: This command is available to cluster and Vserver administrators at the advanced privilege level.

Description​

This command requires a path to a file in a volume and displays the file handle information described below:

  • Vserver name
  • Path to the file
  • File handle flags
  • Snapshot ID of the file (snapid)
  • File ID
  • File handle generation number
  • File system ID (fsid)
  • Master data set ID (msid)
  • Data set ID (dsid)
If not logged in as a Vserver administrator, the command also requires a Vserver name.

Parameters​

{ [-fields <fieldname>, ...]
If you specify the -fields <fieldname>, ... parameter, the command output also includes the specified field or fields. You can use '-fields ?' to display the fields to specify.
| [-instance ]}
If you specify the -instance parameter, the command displays detailed information about all fields.
[-vserver <vserver name>] - Vserver Managing Volume
This specifies the Vserver where the file resides.
[-path <text>] - Path to File
This specifies the path to the file.

Examples​

The following example displays the file handle information of a file named file1.txt in the volume /vol/vol1. 

cluster1::> volume file show-filehandle -vserver vs0 -path /vol/vol1/file1.txt
             Vserver                    Path
             ----------------------     ---------------------------
             vs0                         /vol/vol1/file1.txt

             flags   snapid  fileid     generation  fsid        msid          dsid
             ------- ------  ---------  ----------  ----------  ------------  ------------
             0x0     0       0x60       0x206b6     0x402       0x80000402    0x402