When using the WRITE AFTER POSITIONING statement (OS/VS COBOL compatibility), the first character of the record area can hold
carriage control information.
The EXPANDPOSITIONING option determines whether the written record includes this carriage control information.
Syntax:
EXPANDPOSITIONING
=
{
ON
}
{
OFF
}
Parameters:
- ON
- Use the first character to determine carriage control before stripping the character from the output.
- OFF
- Write out the whole record, including the carriage control information.