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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REWRITE for Line Sequential Files
REWRITE for Line Sequential Files
record-name
is the record-name in a file description entry whose current contents replaces a
record in the file. The file must be open in I-O mode.
data-name
is the identifier of the item that contains the new record instead of record-name.
When this phrase is used, an implicit MOVE statement occurs to copy the data to
record-name before the rewrite operation occurs. data-name cannot specify
an index-name or an index data item. data-name cannot specify a data item
allocated within the record area in which record-name is located.
END-REWRITE
ends the scope of the REWRITE statement, causing the REWRITE to be a
delimited-scope statement. If the REWRITE statement does not end with an END-
REWRITE phrase, the REWRITE ends at the next period separator.
REWRITE
END-REWRITE
record-name
FROM data-name
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