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COBOL, DATA_DIVISION, clauses, FILE_STATUS
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  The FILE STATUS clause names a data item that contains the status of
  an input/output operation.

  Format -

   FILE STATUS IS file-stat

  1 - file-stat 

  is the data-name of a two-character alphanumeric Working-Storage
  Section or Linkage Section data item.  File-stat is the file's
  FILE STATUS data item.
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