Join logical files combine different fields from more than one physical file into a single record. You must specify the JFILE keyword at the record level for join logical files.
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00010A* Joins fields from two physical files into one record format
00020A R RECORD1 JFILE(PF1 PF2)
00030A J JOIN(PF1 PF2)
00040A JFLD(NAME NAME)
00050A NAME JREF(1)
00060A ADDR
00070A PHONE
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