COBOL Manual for TNS and TNS/R Programs

Procedure Division Verbs
HP COBOL Manual for TNS and TNS/R Programs—522555-006
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OPEN
output-file-description
for a sequential, relative, indexed, or queue file:
for a line sequential file:
outfile
is the file description file name of a file to open in OUTPUT mode, for write
operations only.
TIME LIMITS
SHARED
PROTECTED
EXCLUSIVE
sync
NO REWIND
are the same as described earlier for infile.
I-O
specifies that the file or files in i-o-file-description are being opened
for reading or writing.
outfile
WITH
TIME LIMITS
WITH
NO REWIND
SYNCDEPTH syncSHARED
PROTECTED
EXCLUSIVE
VST189.vsd
outfile
SHARED
PROTECTED
EXCLUSIVE
VST628.vsd