COBOL Manual for TNS and TNS/R Programs

Using HP COBOL in the OSS Environment
HP COBOL Manual for TNS and TNS/R Programs—522555-006
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File-Control Entries
file-name
is the COBOL file name (the file-name in a file description entry).
ASSIGN clause
associates file-name with system-file-name. Only the first system-file-
name has meaning. The compiler ignores subsequent names and literals and
issues a warning.
system-file-name
is the name of a file as it is known to the file system. It must be enclosed in
quotation marks unless it forms a COBOL word. For more information about
Guardian file names, see the Guardian Procedure Calls Reference Manual.
For more information about OSS file names, see the filename(5) reference
page either online or in the Open System Services System Calls Reference
Manual.
RESERVE clause
is ignored.
ORGANIZATION clause
makes the organization of the file line sequential.
ACCESS MODE clause
makes the access mode of the file sequential (the default).
ASSIGN
TO
system-file-name
VST640.vsd
SEQUENTIAL
LINE
IS
ORGANIZATION
VST625.vsd
ACCESS
IS
SEQUENTIAL
MODE
VST044.vsd