FILE-CONTROL Paragraph - Format 1 - Sequential Files

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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-----'     

>--.-----------------------------------------------------------><

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