HFN Highest Available Local Channel

Numeric System Variable

Contents

Integer, highest local channel/file number not open

Description

The HFN variable contains a numeric value (integer) representing the highest available local channel/file number. This value will be in the range 0 to 63 (0 to 32767 if the 'XF' system parameter is set).

See Also

'XF' Extended File Channels

Example

?hfn
63

set_param -'XF'
?hfn
32767