NET/MASTER Network Control Language (NCL) Reference Manual

FILE GET

Verbs

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ONE

retrieves a record from a file or the first file in a pair of files.

TWO

retrieves a record from the second file in a pair of files. An error is raised if

TWO is used when retrieving a record from a single file.

UPDATE

specifies a combination of the OPT=UPD processing with another OPT=operand.

MDO=

mdo-name

specifies the mapped data object (MDO) that you wish to use to read 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, if the map name specified on FILE OPEN or FILE

SET is not desired.

Note For more information on user-defined maps, refer to the NonStop NET/MASTER NCL Programmer's

Guide.

HEADER

specifies whether the MDO header (consisting of the length of the MDO and

its Mapping Services key) is attached to the beginning of the record.

specifies that the header is not attached to the record.

YES

specifies that the header is attached to the record. It is not necessary to

specify the name of the map when retrieving the record.

ARGS

specifies a range of generated variables for receiving the data. See “Frequently

Occurring Operands,” at the beginning of this section, for more information. If

you specify too many variables, the excess variables are given no value—they are

set to the null string.

RANGE=(

start

end

)

determines the range of variables specified by the ARGS operand. See

“Frequently Occurring Operands,” at the beginning of this section, for more

information.