VMS Help  —  COBOL  PROCEDURE_DIVISION, USE  1format AFTER EXCEPTION
  The USE statement specifies Declarative procedures to handle
  input/output errors and database exception conditions.  It can also
  specify procedures to be executed before the program processes a
  specific report group.

  These procedures supplement the standard procedures in the COBOL
  Run-Time System and OpenVMS RMS.

  Format 1 -

                                                      { {file-name} ...}
                                                      { INPUT          }
  USE [GLOBAL] AFTER STANDARD {EXCEPTION }PROCEDURE ON{ OUTPUT         }.
                              {ERROR     }            { I-O            }
                                                      { EXTEND         }

1  –  file-name

  is the name of a file connector described in a file description entry
  in a Data Division.  It cannot refer to a sort or merge file.
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