Listing Files and their Attributes

• How can I determine what files are in my MSS directory?
• How can I determine the size of each file in my MSS directory?
• Upon listing files, they appear to be of two types AR and DK. What does this mean?

How can I determine what files are in my MSS directory?

From an NCSA HPC system:

msscmd ls

will list all the files in the MSS home directory.

How can I determine the size of each file in my MSS directory?

In FTP sessions (mssftp or msscmd), the standard listing commands show the size of files in bytes in the column preceding the modification date.

In SSH sessions, use this command to display file size in human-readable format:

ls -lh

Upon listing files, they appear to be of two types AR and DK. What does this mean?

AR means the file is on archive (tape). DK means the file resides on disk (and hence can be retrieved quickly).