HOSTFD

Specifies that the record area associated with a file should only be allocated at the time of an OPEN statement and not before.

Syntax:
 >>-.---.-.----.--HOSTFD-------------------><  
    +-/-+ +-NO-+
Parameters:

None

Properties:
Default: NOHOSTFD
Phase: Syntax check
$SET: Initial
Comments:

If you specify this directive, operations on the record area associated with a file are only possible while the file is open. HOSTFD does not affect EXTERNAL or SORT files. Nor does it affect files defined in a SAME RECORD AREA clause in the I-O CONTROL paragraph.

Specify NOHOSTFD if you need to access a file's record area after a FILE CLOSE has been performed on it.

This directive is for mainframe compatibility.

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