SET FILE command
Changes some of the information of a named CICS file definition. The file must not be remote. In Smalltalk, the parameters of the SET FILE command are contained in two classes: CICSSetfile and CICSSetfileResult.
See CICS Application Programming Reference for the syntax of the command and a description of its parameters.
Defined instance methods
Parameters supplied to CICS in CICSSetfile
 
Parameter
Instance method
Mode
Type
Notes/exceptions
EMPTYSTATUS(cvda)
emptystatus:
Input
Binary 32
 
FILE(name)
file:
Input
Fixed(8)
 
Parameters returned by CICS in CICSSetfileResult
 
Parameter
Instance method
Mode
Type
Notes/exceptions
RESP
resp
Output
Fixed(2)
Inherited from CICSResult.
RESP2
resp2
Output
Fixed(2)
Inherited from CICSResult.
Example
Sets the file named FILEA to be opened either empty or created upon open if it does not exist.
result := CICS setfile file: 'FILEA';
emptystatus: CVDA_EMPTYREQ;
exec.
Last modified date: 07/09/2019