Displays the contents of a file, disk volume, or magnetic tape
volume in decimal, hexadecimal, or octal format, as well as the
ASCII conversion.

Format
 DUMP file-spec

 Requires the Common Utilities Option.

Additional information available:

ParametersQualifiers

file-spec
 Specification of the file or name of the device being dumped.

Additional information available:

/ALLOCATED/BLOCKS/BYTE/DECIMAL/FILE_HEADER
/FORMATTED/HEADER/HEXADECIMAL/LONGWORD
/NUMBER/OCTAL/OUTPUT/PRINTER/RECORDS/WORD

 Includes in the dump all blocks allocated to the file. (By default,
 the dump does not include blocks following the end-of-file.)
 /ALLOCATED and /RECORDS are mutually exclusive.

 Dumps the specified blocks. Block numbers are specified as integers
 relative to the beginning of the file. Typically, blocks are numbered
 beginning with 1. If a disk device is mounted /FOREIGN, blocks are
 numbered beginning with 0. START specifies the number of the first
 block to be dumped; the default is the first block. END specifies the
 number of the last block to be dumped; the default is the last block
 or the end-of-file block, depending on the /ALLOCATED qualifier. COUNT
 specifies the number of files to be dumped; provides an alternative to
 END. /BLOCKS and /RECORDS are mutually exclusive.

 Formats the dump in bytes. /BYTE, /LONGWORD, and /WORD are mutually
 exclusive.

 Dumps the file in decimal radix. /DECIMAL, /HEXADECIMAL, and /OCTAL
 are mutually exclusive.

 Dumps each data block that is a valid Files-11 header in Files-11
 header format rather than the selected radix and length.

 /UNFORMATTED
 Dumps the file header in Files-11 format; /UNFORMATTED dumps the file
 header in octal format. This qualifier is useful only when /HEADER is
 specified.

 Dumps the file header and access control list. To dump only the file
 header, also specify /BLOCK=(COUNT:0). /HEADER is invalid for devices
 mounted /FOREIGN.

 Dumps the file in hexadecimal radix. /DECIMAL, /HEXADECIMAL, and
 /OCTAL are mutually exclusive.

 Formats the dump in longwords. /BYTE, /LONGWORD, and /WORD are
 mutually exclusive.

 Specifies how byte offsets are assigned to the lines of output. If you
 specify /NUMBER, the byte offsets increase continuously through the
 dump, beginning with n; if you omit /NUMBER, the first byte offset is
 0. By default, the byte offset is reset to 0 at the beginning of each
 block or record.

 Dumps the file in octal radix. /DECIMAL, /HEXADECIMAL, and /OCTAL are
 mutually exclusive.

 Specifies the output file. The default is the file name of the file
 being dumped and the file type DMP. If this qualifier is not
 specified, the dump goes to SYS$OUTPUT. No wild card characters are
 allowed. /OUTPUT and /PRINTER are mutually exclusive.

 Queues the dump to SYS$PRINT in a file named with the file name of the
 file being dumped and the file type DMP. If this qualifier is not
 specified, the dump goes to SYS$OUTPUT. No wild card characters are
 allowed. /OUTPUT and /PRINTER are mutually exclusive.

 Dumps the file a record at a time rather than a block at a time.
 Records are number beginning with 1. START specifies the number of the
 first record to be dumped; the default is the first record. END
 specifies the number of the last record to be dumped; the default is
 the last record. COUNT specifies the number of records to be dumped;
 provides an alternative to END. If you specify /RECORDS, you cannot
 specify /ALLOCATED or /BLOCKS.

 Formats the dump in words. /BYTE, /LONGWORD, and /WORD are mutually
 exclusive.