Rational Developer for System z
Enterprise PL/I for z/OS, Version 3.8, Language Reference Manual

Processing modes

Move mode
Locate mode

Record-oriented data transmission has two modes of handling data:

Move mode
processes data by moving it into or out of the variable.
Locate mode
processes data while it remains in a buffer. The execution of a data transmission statement assigns a pointer variable for the location of the storage allocated to a record in the buffer. Locate mode is applicable only to BUFFERED files.

The data transmission statements and options that you specify determine the processing mode used.


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