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Determining File Organization

When opening a sequential file that does not have an associated profile file, you must supply the file organization and record length. To determine the file organization, look at the Data Division of the COBOL program that uses the data file, and under the Input-Output section, look at the SELECT statement. Use the following table to determine the file organization:

SELECT statement contains File Organization
ORGANIZATION IS SEQUENTIAL Line sequential
ORGANIZATION IS LINE SEQUENTIAL Line sequential
LINE SEQUENTIAL Line sequential
SEQUENTIAL Line sequential
ORGANIZATION IS RECORD SEQUENTIAL Fixed-length sequential
RECORD SEQUENTIAL Fixed-length sequential
ORGANIZATION IS RELATIVE Fixed-length relative
RELATIVE Fixed-length relative
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