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FREADBACKWARD [ MPE/iX Quick Reference Guide ] MPE/iX 5.0 Documentation


MPE/iX Quick Reference Guide

FREADBACKWARD 

NM and CM callable.
Reads a logical record backward from the current record pointer.  Data is
presented as if read forward.  Used for tape files only.  Can recover
tape errors when handling I/O management and data recovery routines.

         I16                      I16V   UDS   I16V
     transfercount:=FREADBACKWARD(filenum,buffer,length);



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