Control File Maintenance Utility

The Control File holds the information used by CA Compress to determine which data sets are to be compressed and how the compression is to be done. The Control File Maintenance Utility lets you perform the following functions:

Add, modify, and delete data set names and name patterns, and their compression parameters.
Maintain File Descriptor Tables (FDTs) in the Control File.
Report on the VSAM data sets and patterns, physical sequential data sets and patterns, and FDTs in the Control File.

Although you may find the Interactive User Interface (IUI) more convenient most of the time, the Control File Maintenance Utility supports all maintenance functions. For instance, unlike the IUI, it can maintain the Control File even when CA Compress is not active. Also, unlike the IUI, it can add paths to the base cluster.

This section contains the following topics:

How the Utility Works

Control File Statements

Control File Maintenance Utility Reports

FDT Compare Utility DEFXP050