I-O-CONTROL Paragraph

The FILE-CONTROL paragraph allows specification of input-output rules for the files described in the program.

General format

I-O-CONTROL.

[ APPLY { LOCK-HOLDING } ON {File-1} ... ] ...

{ WRITE-ONLY }

[ SAME {RECORD } AREA FOR {File-2} ... ] ... .

{RECORDS}

Syntax rules

1. File-1 and File-2 must be specified in the FILE-CONTROL Paragraph.

General Rules

1. When the APPLY LOCK-HOLDING phrase is specified, multiple record locking rules are applied to File-1.

2. The APPLY WRITE-ONLY and SAME clauses are treated as a commentary.