.Q.par[dir;part;table]

Where

returns the location of table. (Sensitive to par.txt.)

q).Q.par[`:.;2010.02.02;`quote]
`:/data/taq/2010.02.02/quote

Can assist in checking `p attribute is present on all partitions of a table in an HDB

q)all{`p=attr .Q.par[`:.;x;`quote]`sym}each  date
1b