Displays the formatted contents of an OpenVMS control block that
begins at the address specified by the expression "location."
Most blocks include a byte that indicates the block type.
Associated with each type of block is a set of symbols with a
common prefix. Each symbol's name describes a field within the
block, and the value of the symbol represents the offset of the
field within the block.
If the block-type byte contains a valid block type (and/or
subtype), SDA retrieves the symbols associated with that type
of block (see $DYNDEF) and uses their values to format the block.
If the block-type byte does not contain a valid block type, you
must use the /TYPE qualifier to format the block.
For a given block type, all associated symbols have the following
form:
<block type>$<type>_<name>
where type is one of the following:
B Byte
W Word
L Longword
Q Quadword
A Address
C Constant
G Global Longword
P Pointer
R Structure (variable size)
T Counted ASCII string (up to 31 characters)
If SDA cannot find the symbols associated with the block type
specified in the block-type byte or by the /TYPE qualifier, it
issues the following message:
No <block type> symbols found to format this block
Use the READ command to obtain additional symbol definitions.