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SYSTEM.FILE

Description

A row of SYSTEM.FILE represents a file associated with a segment.

Column name

Column description

Data type

Null specifi- cation

SEGMENT

Segment name.

CHAR(8)

NOT NULL

NAME

File name.

CHAR(18)

NOT NULL

CTIME

Date and time when the file was created.

TIMESTAMP

NOT NULL

UTIME

Date and time when the file was last updated.

TIMESTAMP

NOT NULL

CRITTIME

Date and time of the last critical change made to the file.

TIMESTAMP

NOT NULL

CUSER

The ID of the user who created the file.

CHAR(18)

NOT NULL

UUSER

The ID of the user who last updated the file.

CHAR(18)

NOT NULL

NUMFILEMAPS

The number of area page ranges mapped to the file.

SMALLINT

NOT NULL

BLOCKSIZE

Block size, in bytes, of the file. This is the largest page size of all areas mapped to the file.

INTEGER

NOT NULL

DDNAME

Depending on the operating system, DDName (z/OS), or filename (z/VSE) of the file.

CHAR(8)

NOT NULL

ACCESSMETHOD

File access method.

CHAR(8)

NOT NULL

VMUSERID

In the z/VM environment, the user ID associated with the file.

CHAR(8)

NOT NULL

VMVIRTADDR

In the z/VM environment, the virtual address of the file.

INTEGER

NOT NULL

FLAG

File flag:.

  • X'80'—Native VSAM FOR CALC file
  • X'40'—Native VSAM FOR SET file

BINARY(1)

NOT NULL

NVSAMSET

Native VSAM KSDS or PATH set name.

CHAR(18)

NOT NULL

DSNAME

Dataset name.

CHAR(54)

NOT NULL

DISP

Dataset disposition (IBM).

CHAR(4)

NOT NULL

FILLER

Reserved for future use.

BINARY(39)

NOT NULL