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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OPEN Statement
SHARED
PROTECTED
EXCLUSIVE
are the same as described earlier for infile.
EXTEND
specifies that the file or files in extend-file-description are being opened
for writing additional data following any existing data.
extend-file-description
extfile
is the file description file name of a sequential file to open in EXTEND mode,
for write operations that append records to the file. The file is positioned after
the last logical record when opened. All operations on the file must be write
operations, as if the file had been opened in OUTPUT mode. If the file is an
Enscribe unstructured file, its size must be a multiple of the record size.
SHARED
PROTECTED
EXCLUSIVE
are the same as described earlier for infile.
extfile
SHARED
PROTECTED
EXCLUSIVE
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