COBOL Manual for TNS/E Programs (H06.03+)

Libraries and Utility Routines
HP COBOL Manual for TNS/E Programs—520347-003
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COBOL_SPECIAL_OPEN_
Tape Files
When the parameter open-type has the value 4, the COBOL_SPECIAL_OPEN_
routine opens a tape file
library-reference
is a mnemonic-name associated in the SPECIAL-NAMES paragraph with the DLL
containing an object copy of COBOL_SPECIAL_OPEN_.
file-name
is the name of a COBOL data file; that is, a file described in a File Description
entry. It must be an FD name associated with a file-system file name that specifies
a tape file.
open-type
is a numeric operand whose value (after truncation to an integer value, if
necessary) is 4. The value 4 signifies the opening of a tape file.
ENTER
" "
COBOL_SPECIAL_OPEN_
USING
library-reference
file-name
OF
mount-messages
exclusion
sync-depth time-limits
open-mode
ns
return-codeGIVING
end-of-tape-process
ns
open-type = 4
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