Overview

COBOL offers file handling capabilities for files of sequential, relative and indexed organization, using simple COBOL syntax. In addition, Micro Focus COBOL offers additional file handling features.
File Handling Feature Use to...
Line sequential file organization Access ASCII text files from your COBOL program
A set of COBOL system library routines Manipulate files and directories
A set of COBOL system library routines Handle files at the byte level
Fileshare Access groups of files on network servers
A conversion module Read from and write to Btrieve files