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File Description Entry - Format 3 - Tapefile

File Description Entry - Format 3 - Tapefile
 
>>-FD--file-name--+------------------+--+----------------+------>
                  '-+----+--EXTERNAL-'  '-+----+--GLOBAL-'
                    '-IS-'                '-IS-'
 
>--+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-->
   '-BLOCK--+----------+--+--------------+--integer2--+------------+-'
            '-CONTAINS-'  '-integer1--TO-'            +-CHARACTERS-+
                                                      '-RECORDS----'
 
>--+------------------------------------------------------------------+-->
   '-RECORD--+-+----------+--integer3--+------------+---------------+-'
             | '-CONTAINS-'            '-CHARACTERS-'               |
             +-+----------+--integer6--TO--integer7--+------------+-+
             | '-CONTAINS-'                          '-CHARACTERS-' |
             '-| varying |--+--------------------------------+------'
                            '-DEPENDING--+----+--data-name-1-'
                                         '-ON-'
 
>--+-------------------------------------------+---------------->
   '-LABEL--+-RECORD--+----+---+--+-STANDARD-+-'
            |         '-IS-'   |  '-OMITTED--'
            '-RECORDS--+-----+-'
                       '-ARE-'
 
>--+------------------------------------------------------------+-->
   |                 .----------------------------------------. |
   |           (1)   V                                        | |
   '-VALUE--OF---------system-name-1--+----+--+-data-name-1-+-+-'
                                      '-IS-'  '-literal-1---'
 
>--+--------------------------------------------------+--------->
   |                                  .-------------. |
   |      (1)                         V             | |
   '-DATA-------+-RECORD--+----+---+----data-name-2-+-'
                |         '-IS-'   |
                '-RECORDS--+-----+-'
                           '-ARE-'
 
>--+-----------------------------------+--.--------------------><
   '-CODE-SET--+----+--alphabet-name-1-'
               '-IS-'
 
varying:
 
|--+----+--VARYING--+----+--+------+--+---------------------+--->
   '-IS-'           '-IN-'  '-SIZE-'  '-+------+--integer-4-'
                                        '-FROM-'
 
>--+---------------+--+------------+----------------------------|
   '-TO--integer-5-'  '-CHARACTERS-'
 
 

Notes:

  1. Syntax-checked only.


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