S-REWRITE-FUNCTION

This function rewrites a record in the sequential file. It does not change the current file position.

Syntax:

SET S-REWRITE-FUNCTION TO TRUE    CALL "S$IO" USING SIO-FUNCTION                     f                    recBuffer                    lenght             GIVING returnCode

Parameters:

f	the file handle returned by R-OPEN-FUNCTION.
recBuffer	an alphanumeric data-item that contains the new record data.
length	number of bytes to write. It may be zero to indicate the maximum record size for the file. The size of the new record need not match the size of the existing record.

Return code:

returnCode can be any signed numeric data item and provides additional information:

>0	Number of bytes written.
0	Operation failed.