MERANT
Issue 1a
January 2000
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This book describes the file handling features available with Server Express.
If you are using Server Express to create COBOL applications which access files, this book is for you.
This book contains both guide and reference material. Part 1 describes basic file handling, providing details on file types, naming and organisations, and the file handler, as well as information on how to sort and rebuild files.
Part 2 gives more detailed information on:
Part 3 provides reference information on file structures, file status code tables and system limits.
If you are unfamiliar with COBOL files, you should read the first few chapters of this book sequentially. Other chapters can be used as reference, and read when necessary.
MERANT was formed by combining Micro Focus and INTERSOLV. All reference to the companies Micro Focus or INTERSOLV in this book should now be taken to mean MERANT. Micro Focus is retained as the family name for the Micro Focus product set produced by MERANT.
The following type styles and conventions have been used in this book:
cat script_name | more
The italic text denotes a variable that you type as part of the command.
column_name
is like the pattern_value
, or is not like the pattern_value
,
depending on the absence or presence of the optional word NOT
:
column_name [NOT] LIKE pattern_value