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HP COBOL II/XL Reference Manual

INPUT-OUTPUT SECTION 

The INPUT-OUTPUT SECTION allows you to specify information needed to
control the transmission and handling of data between the object program
and various input-output devices.  Specifically, it permits you to define
the names of data files, and the devices on which they reside, and
special control techniques to be used in the object program.

The INPUT-OUTPUT SECTION can include the following paragraphs:

   *   FILE-CONTROL paragraph (required), for specifying the names of
       files used by your program and other file-related information.

   *   I-O-CONTROL paragraph (optional), for defining special storage
       techniques.

The INPUT-OUTPUT SECTION has the following format:


            

Each paragraph of the INPUT-OUTPUT SECTION is described on the following
pages.

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