INQUIRE FILE command
Retrieves information about the named file from the file control table (FCT). In Smalltalk, the parameters of the INQUIRE FILE command are contained in two classes: CICSInquirefile and CICSInquirefileResult.
See CICS Application Programming Reference for the syntax of the command a description of the parameters.
Defined instance methods
Parameters supplied to CICS in CICSInquirefile
 
Parameter
Instance method
Mode
Type
Notes/exceptions
FILE(name)
file:
Input
Fixed(8)
 
Parameters returned by CICS in CICSInquirefileResult
 
Parameter
Instance method
Mode
Type
Notes/exceptions
ENABLESTATUS(cvda)
enablestatus
Output
Binary 32
 
OPENSTATUS(cvda)
openstatus
Output
Binary 32
 
RESP
resp
Output
Fixed(2)
Inherited from CICSResult.
RESP2
resp2
Output
Fixed(2)
Inherited from CICSResult.
Example
Inquires after the file named FILEA, and if the file is closed, opens it.
| result open |
result := CICS inquirefile file: 'FILEA'; exec.
result openstatus = CVDA_CLOSED
ifTrue: [open := CICS setfileopen file: 'FILEA'; exec]
Last modified date: 07/09/2019