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Re: Deleting records in a standard file (again)
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Jeff Kell <[log in to unmask]>
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Jeff Kell <[log in to unmask]>
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Mon, 2 Dec 2002 17:54:14 -0500
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Tracy Pierce wrote:
>
> from the Cobol manual page 6-26: use the Cobol DELETE verb to clobber
> records in an RIO file.  exactly what sort of FWRITE intrinsic call this
> generates is unclear, but do you really care?

IIRC, you 'delete' a record by setting the first byte (bytes?) to the
COBOL 'HIGH-VALUES' (all bits set to one).

Jeff

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