COBOL Manual for TNS/E Programs (H06.08+, J06.03+)

Associating COBOL and system file names, 833
Asterisk (*)
as arithmetic operator, 260
in EXECUTION-L0G parameter, 589
in PICTURE clause, 76, 194, 202
in Tandem reference format, 45
Asterisk (*):in ANSI reference format, 703
AT END phrase
in READ statement
for line sequential file, 722
for other files, 407, 413, 414
in RETURN statement, 423
in SEARCH ALL statement, 435
in SEARCH VARYING statement, 430
USE AFTER EXCEPTION procedures and, 484
At-end condition
$RECEIVE and, 924
for READ statement
file position indicator and, 409
multiple-reel tape files and, 411
for READ statement:recoverable errors and, 413
for SEARCH ALL statement, 432, 435
for SEARCH VARYING statement, 429, 430
input-output errors and, 255
simulated, 450
ATAN function, 661
Attributes
CLASS, 595
DEFINE, 847
DEFINE:description of, 594
security, 857
Attributes for labeled tape files
DEFINE, 849
Audited disk files
audit trails and, 954
cache buffering and, 878
HP COBOL Fast I-O and, 124
AUTHOR paragraph, 96
Averaging function, 674
Avoiding deadlock, 881
B
B in PICTURE clause, 76, 192
Background processes, 828
Backup processes
CHECKPOINT statement and, 303
description of, 946
STARTBACKUP statement and, 461
Banner, compilation, 770
BASED clause, 220
Based items
and ALLOCATE statement, 290
Batch compilation, 757
BEFORE phrase
in INSPECT CONVERTING statement, 357
in INSPECT REPLACING statement, 350
in INSPECT TALLYING REPLACING statement, 353,
355
in INSPECT TALLYING statement, 346, 348
Binary arithmetic operators, 260
BINARY data format
description of, 203, 206
PORT directive and , 560
SYNCHRONIZED clause and, 218
tape I-O and, 846
Binary searches, 434
BLANK directive
description of, 540
initializing data items and, 177
Blank lines
in replacement text, 510
in Tandem reference format
anywhere, 46
in continuation lines, 45
BLANK WHEN ZERO clause
description of, 218
for BINARY/COMPUTATIONAL data item, 207
for INDEX data item, 209
for NATIVE-n data item, 209
in record description entry, 185
BLOCK CONTAINS clause
description of, 162
for external file, 161
for labeled tape file, 851
for unlabeled tape file, 838
HP COBOL Fast I-O and, 124
sequential block buffering and, 123
Blocked files
closing, 306
creating, 163
Blocked records
in structured files, 877
in tape files, 838
BLOCKLEN attribute of DEFINE
for labeled tape file, 851
for unlabeled tape file, 848
Blocks
code, 813
data, 812
Body of page, 169
Break key, 893
BREAK message, 151
BUFFER-SIZE parameter, 624, 627
BUFFERED attribute, 124
Buffering
cache, 877
relative files and, 131
sequential files and, 123, 491
HP COBOL Fast I-O, 879
local:for indexed files, 135
local:for relative files, 131
local:for sequential files, 124
sequential block:for indexed files, 135
sequential block:for relative files, 131
sequential block:for sequential files, 123
sequential block:HP COBOL Fast I-O and, 415
Buffering cache
indexed files and, 135
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