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File Access Restrictions [REV BEG] You can open the following special files for read-only or write-only, but not for update: [REV END] * variable record length files * circular files * RIO files * message files * KSAM files Attempting to open one of these files with update mode will result in an open error. Random access to these files using fseek, lseek, or rewind is allowed only on files opened with read access only. [REV BEG] If linking with the POSIX/iX lbrary, only files whose underlying format is byte stream can be created or opened.[REV END]