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COBOL, ENVIRONMENT_DIVISION, FILE-CONTROL, clauses, ASSIGN
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  The ASSIGN clause associates a file with a partial or a complete
  file specification.

  Format -

   ASSIGN TO file-spec

  1 - file-spec 

  is a nonnumeric literal or a COBOL word formed according to the
  rules for user-defined names.  It represents a partial or complete
  file specification.
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