IB Statements/file

< IB Statements(Difference between revisions)

Latest revision as of 09:10, 20 May 2009

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.

@@ Line 1: / Line 1: @@
-FILE statement
+'''FILE statement'''
-Syntax:  FILE (lun) BUF=buffer-size
+'''Syntax:'''  FILE (lun) BUF=buffer-size<br>
-FILE (lun) DLM=delimiter-string
+::FILE (lun) DLM=delimiter-string<br>
-FILE (lun) POS=file-position
+::FILE (lun) POS=file-position<br>
-FILE (lun) CTL=control-parameter
+::FILE (lun) CTL=control-parameter<br>
-FILE (lun) FORWARD
+::FILE (lun) FORWARD<br>
-FILE (lun) REVERSE
+::FILE (lun) REVERSE<br>
-FILE (lun) CSV
+::FILE (lun) CSV<br>
-Discussion:  The FILE statement is used for several purposes, including:
+'''Discussion:'''  The FILE statement is used for several purposes, including:
-setting the buffer size for an asynchronous device
+::setting the buffer size for an asynchronous device
-setting the delimiter string
+::setting the delimiter string
-moving the file pointer in a disk file
+::moving the file pointer in a disk file
-setting various control functions
+::setting various control functions
-changing the direction of the file pointer to forward or reverse
+::changing the direction of the file pointer to forward or reverse
-Reading or writing comma delimited files.
+::Reading or writing comma delimited files.