FCB: File Control Block

FcbRec 
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  +0       1  bDrvID       drive ID (see below)
  +1       8  abName       left-justified, blank-padded (e.g. 'FILE    '
  +9       3  abExt        left-justified, blank-padded (e.g. 'EXT'
 +0cH      2  wCurBlock    current block number
 +0eH      2  wRecSize     logical record size
 +10H      4  lFileSize    length of file
 +14H      2  rDate        Date created/last modified in FileTimeRec format
 +14H      2  rTime        Time created/last modified in FileDateRec format
 +16H      8  res          (reserved, undocumented)
 +20H      2  wCurRecNo    current position in current block (0-7fH)
 +21H      4  lRndmRecNo   current record number in entire file
          37               size of an FcbRec

      bDrvID  Drive number.  Before open: 0=default, 1=A, 2=B, etc.
                             After open:  0=A, 1=B, etc.)
      abName  Filename.  If fewer than 8 characters, it is padded to 8 with
              spaces (20H)
       abExt  File extension.  If fewer than 3 characters, it is padded to 3
              with spaces (30H)
   wCurBlock  Current block number (a block is 128 records).  DOS sets to 0
              when the file is opened
    wRecSize  Size of a record, in bytes.  DOS sets to 128 on open.
   lFileSize  Total size of the file, in bytes
       rDate  File date in special format. See FileDateRec
       rTime  File time in special format. See FileTimeRec
   wCurRecNo  position within the current record (wCurRec)
  lRndmRecNo  file position, specified as a number of records from the start
              of the file.

   Notes: ■ FCBs are obsolete, but still supported by DOS.  There is no
            need to use this structure at all.

          ■ Unopened FCB: Before opening a file, you need only supply
            bDrvID, abName, and abExt (e.g.:  0,'MYFILE  TXT') and leave
            room for DOS to fill in the other fields.

          ■ Opened FCB: After successfully opening an FCB, the bDrvID
            contains a non-zero drive number (A=1, B=3, etc), other fields
            have been set up for access to the start of the file.

          ■ I won't bother covering the arcane system of block-and-record
            bookkeeping used to position the file pointer.  R.I.P.

          ■ In order to open files that have a particular file attribute,
            you must use an Extended FCB...

FcbExtendedRec
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  -7       1  bSig         ffH (signature indicates Extended FCB)
  -6       5  res          reserved
  -1       1  bAttr        file attribute
  +0       1  bDrvID       drive ID (see below)
               .
               .  (other fields as above)
               .
            ...that is simply an FcbRec, preceded by 7 bytes, with [FCB-7]
            being 0ffH and [FCB-1] being the file attribute.  Weird, huh?

See Also: FCB File I/O
          Data Structures
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