FILE statement

Syntax:

FILE (lun) BUF=buffer-size
FILE (lun) DLM=delimiter-string
FILE (lun) POS=file-position
FILE (lun) CTL=control-parameter
FILE (lun) FORWARD
FILE (lun) REVERSE
FILE (lun) CSV

Discussion:

The FILE statement is used for several purposes, including:

setting the buffer size for an asynchronous device
setting the delimiter string
moving the file pointer in a disk file
setting various control functions
changing the direction of the file pointer to forward or reverse
Reading or writing comma delimited files.

Introduction

Language Structure

IB Statements

File System

Comet 32 Runtime

Index

FILE statement