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Overview This chapter gives detailed information relating to the file handling provided with this COBOL system and to the file handling of the operating system. This chapter covers the following topics: * COBOL data file organizations * COBOL system file naming conventions * COBOL data file assignment * multiple reel file handling * file usage * file compression * Btrieve file interface The COBOL system library routines include routines to allow access to the operating system for file and directory operations. They are described in Chapter 8 , Library Routines (Call-by-Name).