NET/MASTER Network Control Language (NCL) Reference Manual

FILE ADD
Verbs
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variable (or field) in the record of the file. If the data contains any keywords, it
must be enclosed in quotes.
MDO= mdo-name
specifies the mapped data object (MDO) that you wish to use to write to the file.
The MDO can be connected to a map, which can be a user-defined map, by using
Format 1 of the ASSIGN verb.
Note For more information on user-defined maps, refer to the NonStop NET/MASTER NCL Programmer's
Guide.
HEADER
specifies whether you want NCL to attach the MDO header (consisting of the
length of the MDO and its Mapping Services key) to the beginning of the
record.
NO
specifies that you do not want the header attached to the record.
YES
specifies that you want the header attached to the record. You need not
specify the name of the map when subsequently retrieving the record.
VARS
output-vars-list
specifies the name(s) of the variables that you want to use as the data for the
FILE ADD operation. The variables are separated by commas. You can cause
an error if you exceed the maximum record size by specifying too many
variables. Multiple variables must be enclosed in parentheses and separated
by commas.
variable*
specifies a set of variables. See “Frequently Occurring Operands,” at the
beginning of this section, for more information.
RANGE=( start , end )
determines the range of variables specified by the VARS operand. See
“Frequently Occurring Operands,” at the beginning of this section, for more
information.
SEGMENT= n
see SEGMENT under the preceding ARGS operand.