On Wed, 18 Feb 2004 00:33:37 -0600, Walter Murray <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:

> "KENT WALLACE"  wrote:
>> I was coding in VB .NET and failed to close a file.  I found that records
>were missing from the end of the file, maybe 10.  Because I had failed to
>close the file, it failed to clear the buffer.
>
>This shouldn't be a problem in COBOL.  COBOL automatically closes all files
>for you as part of normal run unit termination.
>
>Walter
>

Yes and NO,

I just learned, that there could be a problem with some files.
A printfile that I don't close is created as a TEMP-File instead of a spool-
file.
MPE and HP-Cobol never had that problem but when migrating, this could
cause some weird problems.
Finding more and more of them on my daily work.
USing MF-Cobol, HP-UX and Neartek-Shell
But don't ask me where or who has the problem now.
Was so easy with 1 vendor (HP) now I have at least 3 and of course always
the other guy has the problem.
Oh, what a wonderful world it was but no longer is.
Moving forward to the stone-age.

Michael

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