COBCH1086 Clause should be part of the File Description

A period character (.) was detected inside an FD statement.

Resolution:

Remove the offending period, or move it to a position that follows all of the FD syntax; then recompile.

Example:

In the following example, the FD statement contains a period after "f1". You must remove this period.

       select f1 assign "MyFile".
       fd f1. recording mode is F.
       01 r1 pic x(10).