13.5.29 SHARE Specifier (WNT, W9*)

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 that 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