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.

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