ILE COBOL Language Reference

FILE-CONTROL Paragraph - Format 1 - Sequential Files

FILE-CONTROL Paragraph - Format 1 - Sequential
 
>>-FILE-CONTROL.--SELECT--+----------+--file-name--------------->
                          '-OPTIONAL-'
 
                   .-----------------------.
                   V                       | (1)
>--ASSIGN--+----+----+-assignment-name-1-+-+-------------------->
           '-TO-'    '-literal-1---------'
 
>--+----------------------------------+------------------------->
   |         (2)                      |
   '-RESERVE-------integer--+-------+-'
                            +-AREA--+
                            '-AREAS-'
 
>--+------------------------------------+----------------------->
   '-+---------------------+-SEQUENTIAL-'
     '-ORGANIZATION-+----+-'
                    '-IS-'
 
>--+------------------------------------------------------+----->
   |         (2)                                          |
   '-PADDING-------+-----------+--+----+--+-data-name-6-+-'
                   '-CHARACTER-'  '-IS-'  '-literal-2---'
 
>--+------------------------------------------------------+----->
   |                  (2)                                 |
   '-RECORD DELIMITER-------+----+--+-STANDARD-1--------+-'
                            '-IS-'  '-assignment-name-2-'
 
>--+--------------------------------------+--------------------->
   '-ACCESS--+------+--+----+--SEQUENTIAL-'
             '-MODE-'  '-IS-'
 
>--+-------------------------------------------------------------+-->
   '-+------+--STATUS--+----+--data-name-1--+------------------+-'
     '-FILE-'          '-IS-'               |             (3)  |
                                            '-data-name-5------'
 
>--.-----------------------------------------------------------><
 
 

Notes:

  1. Subsequent repetitions syntax-checked only.

  2. Syntax-checked only.

  3. IBM Extension


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