Empty Files

Empty files, that is, files with no records, can be created in an SFS directory. (The directory must be in a file pool managed by an SFS server at the z/VM® Release 1.1 level or higher.) They can be created using any of the following:
  • CREATE FILE command
  • ERASE command with the DATAONLY option
  • FFILE and SSAVE subcommands of XEDIT
  • DMSCRFIL CSL routine
  • DMSOPEN CSL routine with the ALLOWEMPTY parameter
  • DMSERASE CSL routine with the DATAONLY parameter
  • DMSOPDBK CSL routine with the ALLOWEMPTY parameter.

Such empty files retain all aliases, SFS authorizations, and other file attributes they have been assigned.