I-O-CONTROL Paragraph

The FILE-CONTROL paragraph allows specification of input-output rules for the files described in the program.

General format

I-O-CONTROL.     [ APPLY { LOCK-HOLDING } ON {File-1} ... ] ...             { WRITE-ONLY   }     [ SAME {RECORD } AREA FOR {File-2} ... ] ... .          {RECORDS}

Syntax rules

1.	File-1 and File-2 must be specified in the FILE-CONTROL Paragraph.

General Rules

1.	When the APPLY LOCK-HOLDING phrase is specified, multiple record locking rules are applied to File-1.

2.	The APPLY WRITE-ONLY and SAME clauses are treated as a commentary.