CFILE view
To display general information about the files that are defined to CICS, issue the following command:
CFILE [target [fileName]]
where target is the specific or generic name of a target CICS region, and fileName is the specific or generic name of a file.
The following figure is displayed:
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>W1 =CFILE============(ALL======BCVCD640)ddmmmyyyy==hh:mm:ss====MVCICS===D===91
CMD File Target Open Enable Acc LSR Total Data Set Name
--- Name Status Status Meth ID I/O
CMRCFDTL BCVCD640 CLOSED DISABLED VSAM 0 0 N/A
CMRCFDT1 BCVCD640 CLOSED DISABLED VSAM 0 0 N/A
CMRDT03 BCVCD640 CLOSED ENABLED VSAM 1 0 N/A
CMRDT04 BCVCD640 CLOSED ENABLED VSAM 1 0 N/A
CMRFILA BCVCD640 N/A N/A REMOTE N/A 0 N/A
CMRFILR BCVCD640 CLOSED ENABLED VSAM 3 0 CICS330.CICS3302
CMRRLSC BCVCD640 CLOSED ENABLED VSAM 1 0 N/A
CMRTVSAM BCVCD640 CLOSED ENABLED VSAM 1 0 BCVM.CICS640.BCV
CMRVSDL BCVCD640 CLOSED ENABLED VSAM 1 0 CICS330.CICS330X
CMRVS01 BCVCD640 CLOSED ENABLED VSAM 1 0 N/A
Actions
The CFILE view supports the following line command actions:
Line command | Description |
|---|---|
CLO | Closes a file |
DIS | Disables a file |
ENA | Enables a file |
FRE | Dynamically deallocates a file |
OPE | Opens a file |
SET | Changes the value in a modifiable field to a new user-entered value The following FILE attributes are modifiable:
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Related views
The following views provide additional CICS file information.
View | Description |
|---|---|
CFILEZ | To display summarized information about the files defined to CICS, enter the SUM command on the CFILE view. The data is summarized by file name. The Count field shows how many files are represented by each line of summary data. You can hyperlink from the Count field to the CFILE view to expand a line of summary data. |
CFILED | To display detailed information about the attributes and status of a specific CICS file, hyperlink from the Open Status field of the CFILE view. The CFILED detail view supports the same line command actions as the CFILE view. |
CFILEDSN | To display general information about the data sets that are defined to CICS, enter the CFILEDSN [target [file]] command where target is the specific (or generic) name of a target CICS region, and file is the specific (or generic) name of file that presents the data set. For more information, see CFILEDSN-view. |
CFILED1 | To display detailed information about the I/O activity of a specific CICS file, hyperlink from the Total I/O field of the CFILE view. The CFILED1 detail view supports the same line command actions as the CFILE view. |
CFILED2 | To display detailed information about the VSAM activity of a specific CICS file, hyperlink from the Acc Meth field of the CFILE view The CFILED2 view contains valid data only when the file is a VSAM file that has been opened. The CFILED2 detail view supports the same line command actions as the CFILE view. |
CFILEQ | To display the Quick Menu for information about a specific CICS file and related resources, hyperlink from the File Name field of the CFILE view. |
CFILER | To display resource signature information for a specific file, hyperlink from the File Resource Signature field of the CFILEQ view. |
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