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 * To join/leave the list, search archives, change list settings, * * etc., please visit http://raven.utc.edu/archives/hp3000-l.html *