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Re: READ PREV in hp3000/mpe-cobol?
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"Shahan, Ray" <[log in to unmask]>
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Shahan, Ray
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Mon, 11 Jun 2001 07:31:05 -0500
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Assuming you are reading a flat file, and you don't want to do the
intrinsics, and it's not a very large file, you could make the file an RIO
file (either prior to the prog run, or as part of the prog run), and then do
a re-read .

Ray Shahan

> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Pollard [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Sunday, June 10, 2001 10:16 AM
> To:   [log in to unmask]
> Subject:      Re: READ PREV in hp3000/mpe-cobol?
>
> "gkeim" <[log in to unmask]> wrote in message
> > Hallo,
> > does any body know whether there is a READ PREVIOUS command in
> > hp3000/mpe-cobol?
>
> Basically no.  The only way I know to accomplish this is to use the
> FSPACE, or possibly the FPOINT, intrinsic prior to the Cobol READ.  And
> there are limits to the file types you can do this with - see intrinsic
> manual.
>
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