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VMS Help COBOL, DATA_DIVISION, FD file-description-entry, report FD *Conan The Librarian |
A file description entry describes the physical structure,
identification, record names, and names for sequential, relative,
indexed, and report files. It also specifies: (1) the internal or
external attributes of a file connector, and (2) the local or global
attributes of a file-name.
Format 4 - Report File
FD file-name
[IS EXTERNAL]
[IS GLOBAL]
[BLOCK CONTAINS [smallest-block TO] blocksize { RECORDS }]
[ { CHARACTERS }]
[RECORD { CONTAINS [shortest-rec TO] longest-rec CHARACTERS }]
[ { IS VARYING IN SIZE [FROM shortest-rec]
[ TO longest-rec ] CHARACTERS
[ DEPENDING ON depending-item ] }]
[LABEL { RECORDS ARE } { STANDARD } ]
[ { RECORD IS } { OMITTED } ]
[VALUE OF ID IS file-spec]
[ [ACCESS MODE IS] SEQUENTIAL]
{ REPORT IS } {report-name} ...
{ REPORTS ARE }
[CODE-SET IS alphabet-name]
[FILE STATUS IS file-stat] .
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