Re: read TERMINAL-FILE into a temporary area

How large is the record area defined for Terminal-file?

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date: Tue, 14 Jun 2005 17:26:08 -0400
from: Daniel Mielke <DMielke@xxxxxxx>
subject: [COBOL400-L] read TERMINAL-FILE into a temporary area

 

Hi all,

Why is it that when the read command below is executed, the temporary area
"ERESP-COMMAND-HOLD-I" is not populated?  Immediately preceding the read
command, a write command is executed to the same file with the same 
format.

Any ideas?

 

          +000001* OUTPUT FORMAT:ERESPCMD   FROM FILE ERESP      OF 
LIBRARY
UDPGMLIBA          ERESPCMD 

          +000002*
ERESPCMD 

   344    +000003       05  ERESPCMD-O.
ERESPCMD 

   345    +000004           06 LISTSTATUS            PIC X(6).
ERESPCMD 

          +000005*                  List scroll status
ERESPCMD 

   346     003661     03 ERESP-COMMAND-HOLD-I.
05/06/08 

           003662        copy DD-ERESPCMD-I of ERESP.
05/06/10 

          +000001*  INPUT FORMAT:ERESPCMD   FROM FILE ERESP      OF 
LIBRARY
UDPGMLIBA          ERESPCMD 

          +000002*
ERESPCMD 

   347    +000003       05  ERESPCMD-I.
ERESPCMD 

   348    +000004           06 CMDINPUT              PIC X(10).
ERESPCMD 

          +000005*                  Command input line
ERESPCMD 

 

READ    TERMINAL-FILE 

        into ERESP-COMMAND-HOLD-I 

        FORMAT IS "ERESPCMD" 

        indicators are in-control 

end-read. 

 

 

 

 

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