FILE-CONTROL Paragraph - Format 2 - Relative Files

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FILE-CONTROL Paragraph - Format 2 - Relative

>>-FILE-CONTROL.--SELECT--+----------+--file-name--------------->
                          '-OPTIONAL-'              

                   .-----------------------.       
                   V                       | (1)   
>--ASSIGN--+----+----+-assignment-name-1-+-+-------------------->
           '-TO-'    '-literal-1---------'         

>--+---------------------------------+-------------------------->
   |         (2)                     |   
   '-RESERVE------integer--+-------+-'   
                           +-AREA--+     
                           '-AREAS-'     

>--+----------------------+--RELATIVE--------------------------->
   '-ORGANIZATION--+----+-'             
                   '-IS-'               

>--+--------------------------------------------------------+--->
   '-ACCESS--+------+--+----+--+-SEQUENTIAL--| rel-key |--+-'   
             '-MODE-'  '-IS-'  '-+-RANDOM--+--| rel-key |-'     
                                 '-DYNAMIC-'                    

>--+------------------------------------------------------------+-->
   '-+------+--STATUS--+----+--data-name-1--+-----------------+-'   
     '-FILE-'          '-IS-'               |             (3) |     
                                            '-data-name-5-----'     

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

rel-key

|--RELATIVE--+-----+--+----+--data-name-4-----------------------|
             '-KEY-'  '-IS-'                

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