VMS Help RMS, $SEARCH  *Conan The Librarian (sorry for the slow response - running on an old VAX)

    The Search service scans a directory file and fills in various
    NAM or NAML block fields. This service should be preceded by
    the Parse service, in order to initialize the NAM or NAML block
    appropriately.

    Format

      SYS$SEARCH  fab [,[err] [,suc]]

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