DRL PASDES (octal 44) - pass AFT names and descriptions.

Usage:

drl    pasdes
zero   L(buff),L(max) or 0

Where:

max
contains the maximum number of files to be passed in bits 0-17. If "max" is zero, all file names are passed.
buff
is defined by BSS 3*(number of files in AFT)+1.

Description:

DRL PASDES places the names and descriptions of AFT files in the area "buff". The first word of "buff" contains the number of active files in the AFT. The subsequent words of "buff" are grouped in threes; the first two words of each triple contain the eight characters of the file's AFT name and the third word contains a description of the file. The format of this third word is

bits 0-5
Device type.
bits 6-17
Number of words per physical block.
bit 18
If this bit is off, bits 22-35 contain the number of links in the file; if the bit is on, bits 22-35 contain the number of llinks in the file.
bit 19
If this bit is off, the file is linked; if the bit is on, the file is random.
bit 20
If this bit is off, the file is temporary; if the bit is on, the file is permanent.
bit 21
Unused.

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