The SHARE specifier asks the current share status of a file or unit. It takes the following form:
SHARE = shr
shr
Is a scalar default character variable.
On Windows* systems, this variable is assigned one of the following values:
| 'DENYRW' | If the file is connected for deny-read/write mode |
| 'DENYWR' | If the file is connected for deny-write mode |
| 'DENYRD' | If the file is connected for deny-read mode |
| 'DENYNONE' | If the file is connected for deny-none mode |
| 'UNKNOWN' | If the file or unit is not connected |
| 'DENYRW' | If the file is connected for exclusive access |
| 'DENYNONE' | If the file is connected for shared access |
| 'NODENY' | If the file is connected with default locking |
| 'UNKNOWN' | If the file or unit is not connected |