8. amps_file

AMPS contains a utility that identifies the file type and version number of AMPS files.

Options and Parameters

Option	Description
file_name	The file name to report on. This argument supports UNIX shell globbing.

Table 8.1: Parameters for amps_file

Usage

The following example shows the output of running amps_file on a SOW file:

%> ./amps_file /amps_dir/sow/mytopic.sow

mytopic.sow: AMPS sow 4.0

In this case, the file is recognized as an AMPS SOW file that uses the version 4.0 of the AMPS SOW file format.