These directives affect the way files are handled.
ANS85 | ANSI'85 file status values. |
ASSIGN | Default filename assignment |
ASSIGN-PRINTER | Default printer filename assignment |
AUTOLOCK | Automatic file locking |
CALLFH | Callable file handler |
CALLSORT | Callable sort handler |
COBFSTATCONV | User-supplied module for converting file status codes |
DATACOMPRESS | Data compression |
DETECT-LOCK | Detect record locks |
FDCLEAR | Clear record buffers |
FILESHARE | Automatic file locking |
FILETYPE | Data file format |
HOSTFD | Allocation of record area |
IDXFORMAT | Indexed file structure |
IXNLSKEY | Local collating sequence for sorting index file keys |
IXNUMKEY | True numeric sorting on index keys |
KEYCHECK | Check keys are defined |
KEYCOMPRESS | Key compression |
LOCKTYPE | Type of record locking |
OLDREADINTO | Behavior of the READ ... INTO statement |
OPTIONAL-FILE | Files opened I-O or EXTEND treated as optional |
PRINT-EXT | Printer file extension |
RDW | Read record length of variable record |
RECMODE | Fixed or variable length |
RETRYLOCK | Retry reads on locked records |
REWRITE-LS | REWRITE statements allowed on line sequential files |
SEQUENTIAL | Variants of SEQUENTIAL organisation |
WRITELOCK, WRITE-LOCK | Record locks in a multi-user environment. |
WRITETHROUGH, WRITETHRU | Unbuffered writes |
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