The HOLD file serves as a temporary storage file for EDIT/3000 and is generally used for holding interim information (for example, copying parts of the WORK file to the HOLD file and then adding or inserting the HOLD file into other places within the WORK file at some later time).
EDIT/3000 sets the HOLD file to the same size as the WORK file.
The HOLD file is created by EDIT/3000 when the first HOLD command (see Section III) is entered. When
subsequent HOLD commands are entered, specifying that another part of the WORK file is to be held, the old
HOLD file contents are replaced unless the APPEND parameter is added to the HOLD command, in which
case the new contents are added to the end of the current HOLD file.
