Specifies the default file type for files defined (implicitly or explicitly) as ORGANIZATION SEQUENTIAL.
Syntax:
>>-.---.--SEQUENTIAL--"type"---------------><
+-/-+
Parameters:
-
type
- One of:
- ADVANCING
- RECORD SEQUENTIAL with LINE ADVANCING.
- ANSI
- ANSI-conforming RECORD SEQUENTIAL.
- LINE
- LINE SEQUENTIAL.
- RECORD
- RECORD SEQUENTIAL (a standard SEQUENTIAL file).
Properties:
| Default:
|
SEQUENTIAL"RECORD"
|
| Phase:
|
Syntax check
|
| $SET:
|
Initial
|
Dependencies:
DIALECT"RM", NORM, or RM"ANSI" sets SEQUENTIAL"RECORD" immediately.
RM sets SEQUENTIAL"LINE" immediately.