HELPLIB.HLB  —  COBOL  ENVIRONMENT_DIVISION, I-O-CONTROL
  The I-O-CONTROL paragraph specifies the input-output techniques to be
  used for a file.

  Format -

  I-O-CONTROL.

 [[      {| DEFERRED-WRITE                     |}                    ]
 [[      {| EXTENSION extend-amt               |}                    ]
 [[      {| FILL-SIZE                          |}                    ]
 [[      {| LOCK-HOLDING                       |}                    ]
 [[APPLY {| MASS-INSERT                        |} ON {file-name} ... ] ...
 [[      {|[CONTIGUOUS         ]
 [[      {|[CONTIGUOUS-BEST-TRY]
                      PREALLOCATION preall-amt |}                    ]
 [[      {| PRINT-CONTROL                      |}                    ]
 [[      {| WINDOW window-ptrs                 |}                    ]

  [     [ RECORD     ]                                               ]
  [SAME [ SORT       ]AREA FOR {same-area-file} {same-area-file} ... ] ...
  [     [ SORT-MERGE ]                                               ]

  [                           { { [END OF] { REEL } }             } ]
  [                           { {          { UNIT } } OF file-name} ]
  [RERUN [ON file-name] EVERY { { integer RECORDS   }             } ] ...
  [                           { integer CLOCK-UNITS               } ]
  [                           { condition-name                    } ]

  [MULTIPLE FILE TAPE CONTAINS {file-name [POSITION integer] } ... ] ...].]
Additional Information: explode extract

extend-amt
preall-amt
window-ptrs
file-name
same-area-file
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