Rewind option in Cobol

shreevamsi · Posted: Thu May 11, 2006 1:40 pm

Hi,
My requirement is like this.....
I will be reading a record froma file..
After process I will be closing the file.

Again when i open the file ..... i need to read record from input file not from the begining but after the last i read previously.

Could anyone let me know the syntex. I think we need to specify an option in SELECT.

~Vamsi

parikshit123 · Active User Joined: 01 Jul 2005 Posts: 269 Location: India

Hi shreevamsi,

Is your file an ESDS or KSDS?

shreevamsi · Posted: Thu May 11, 2006 4:21 pm

Hi,
It's KSDS.

Is these anything to do while OPEN or Close of the file??

~Vamsi

ajayvamsi · New User Joined: 21 Jul 2005 Posts: 56 Location: Hyderabad

Please tell us y exactly r u closing the file after reading it once and moreover wat is the neccesity of closing it..!!

Thanks,
ajay