Language Extensions: File Operation Statements

The following statement specifiers and statements are extensions:

• CLOSE statement specifiers:

  • STATUS values: 'SAVE' (as a synonym for 'KEEP'), 'PRINT', 'PRINT/DELETE', 'SUBMIT', 'SUBMIT/DELETE'

  • DISPOSE (or DISP)

• DELETE statement

• INQUIRE statement specifiers:

  • BINARY (W*S)

  • BLOCKSIZE

  • BUFFERED

  • CARRIAGECONTROL

  • CONVERT

  • DEFAULTFILE

  • FORM values: 'UNKNOWN', 'BINARY' (W*S)

  • IOFOCUS (W*S)

  • MODE as a synonym for ACTION

  • ORGANIZATION

  • RECORDTYPE

  • SHARE (W*S)

  See also INQUIRE Statement.

• OPEN statement specifiers:

  • ACCESS values: 'APPEND'

  • ASSOCIATEVARIABLE

  • BLOCKSIZE

  • BUFFERCOUNT

  • BUFFERED

  • CARRIAGECONTROL

  • CONVERT

  • DEFAULTFILE

  • DISPOSE (or DISP)

  • FORM value: 'BINARY' (W*S)

  • IOFOCUS (W*S)

  • MAXREC

  • MODE as a synonym for ACTION

  • NAME as a synonym for FILE

  • NOSHARED

  • ORGANIZATION

  • READONLY

  • RECORDSIZE as a synonym for RECL

  • RECORDTYPE

  • SHARE (W*S)

  • SHARED

  • TITLE (W*S)

  • TYPE as a synonym for STATUS

  • USEROPEN

  See also OPEN Statement.