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Table B-10 Files Equated by the User | FILE NAME | DESCRIPTION |
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| QSIN | The file opened by QUERY for input. Opened as a new file. Can only be redirected on QUERY versions C.00.00 and later. | | QSOUT | The file opened by QUERY for output. Opened as a new file. Can only be redirected on QUERY versions C.00.00 and later. | | QSLIST | The output device specified when OUT=LP. Refer to the OUTPUT=command for details on equating this to a device other than the line printer. | | QSMSGCAT | The QUERY message catalog, located in pub.sys. File is opened fully qualified. |
Table B-11 Files Not Equated by the User (Temporary Files) | FILE NAME | DESCRIPTION |
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| QLSREDOF | This is a temporary file which contains the command history buffer used by the LISTREDO and REDO commands. | | QREDOF | This is a temporary file which contains the command being edited with the REDO command. | | QSCMPSEL | A select file. This is a temporary file which contains the record numbers of the compound data set entries which qualify from a MULTIFIND or SUBSET command. | | QSKIB | Holds the literal values specified in the FIND, MULTIFIND or SUBSET selection criteria. | | QSOLDSEL | A select file which is created when the SUBSET command is entered. This is the file which is restored when an UNDO command is entered. This is a temporary file which contains the contents of the previous select file. The previous select file contains the record numbers of the entries which qualified from a FIND or MULTIFIND command. | | QSSELECT | A select file. This is a temporary file which contains the record numbers of the single data set entries which qualify from a FIND or SUBSET command. |
Table B-12 Files Created by the User and/or Specified to be Built by QUERY | FILE NAME | DESCRIPTION |
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| PROC-FILE | Contains the procedures that may be used for executing certain QUERY commands. Opened as an old file.
Required File Attributes:
file code 1070, ASCII, rec size 128 words
file size must be at least 5 records and not more than 400 records. QUERY will build the file with 126 records. Note that most commands, with the exception of large reports, will require only one record. | | SAVE FILE | A self-describing (SD) file whose internal format is outlined in Appendix E. An SD file contains the entries which qualified from a FIND, MULTIFIND or SUBSET command. Cannot be built by you. The file must be a new file. You can specify a file equate.
Required File Attributes:
file code 1084, ASCII, fixed length records, disc file
required defaults: NOCCTL, NOMR, BUF, WAIT
record size: size in bytes of IMAGE entry
file size: number of entries to be saved
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Table B-13 Unnamed Scratch Files (Temporary Files) | USED BY | DESCRIPTION |
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| JOIN | Used to hold the most recent JOIN command, if any. | | MULTIFIND | Used to create the compound data set specified in the JOIN command. As each data set is joined with the previous ones, the record numbers are held in this file. In this way the file holds "intermediate" compound data sets until the final data set is joined, which results in the final select file - QSCMPSEL. 244 files, each 2048 records long | | REPORT | Used for the NOREPEAT option. |
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