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sahaanup
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hi,
in the select statement like below:
SELECT INFILE ASSIGN TO UT-S-INFILE
what does the UT- means?
regards, |
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Robert Sample
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| IIRC, way back when the UT-S- referred to UTility (although I've also heard it referred to Unit as in unit record device) and sequential (you also saw DA-S- for Direct Access). Enterprise COBOL continues to support the old format as documentation; only the DD name is needed now except for sequential VSAM files (which need AS-ddname). |
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dick scherrer
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Hello,
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| although I've also heard it referred to Unit as in unit record device |
Once upon a time, unit record devices (card in, card out, paper. . .) were coded as:
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SELECT CONTROL-CARD ASSIGN TO UR-S-CTLCARD
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SELECT PRINT-OUT ASSIGN TO UR-S-PRINTOUT |
Yup, we actually punched ourput cards to be used as input to other processes.
Utility devices (tape, dasd) used the UT-S-DDNAME format. |
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