IB Statements/file
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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.