The OPEN statement creates an access stream to the file, makes the file
available to the program, begins the processing of a file, and
specifies file sharing.
Format 1 - Sequential, Relative, Indexed
{ { [WITH LOCK ]} }
{ { [ {NO OTHERS }]} }
{ { [ {{|READERS |}}]} }
{{INPUT }{file-name[WITH NO REWIND][ALLOWING {{|WRITERS |}}]}...}
{{OUTPUT}{ [ {{|UPDATERS|}}]} }
{ { [ {ALL }]} }
OPEN{ }...
{ { [WITH LOCK ]} }
{ { [ { NO OTHERS } ]} }
{ { [ { {| READERS |}} ]} }
{{EXTEND}{ file-name [ALLOWING { {| WRITERS |}} ]}... }
{{I-O }{ [ { {| UPDATERS |}} ]} }
{ { [ { ALL } ]} }
Additional Information:
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