FCT—file control table
The file control table (FCT) describes to CICS® the Basic Direct Access Method (BDAM) user files that are processed by file management.
CICS user files correspond to physical data sets that
must have been defined to MVS™ and allocated to the CICS system
before they are used.
The
following macros specify file characteristics, and some of the characteristics
of BDAM data sets referenced by the files:
- DFHFCT TYPE=INITIAL establishes the beginning of the FCT.
- DFHFCT TYPE=FILE defines the characteristics of a file, such as record characteristics and types of service allowed.
- DFHFCT TYPE=FINAL concludes the FCT. (See TYPE=FINAL (end of table).)