Accessing Files Programmer's Guide (32650-90885)

52 Chapter2
Creating A File
The FILE Command
Table 2-3. FILE, FOPEN, and HPFOPEN Parameters
CHARACTERISTIC :FILE\
PARAMETER
FOPEN\
PARAMETER
HPFOPEN\
PARAMETER
Formal file
designator
formal
designator
formaldesignator formaldesignator
option
( itemnum=2 )
Actual file designator filereference
$NEWPASS
$OLDPASS
$NULL
$STDIN
$STDINX
$STDLIST
Default file
designator foption
(Bits 10:3)
designator option
( itemnum=5 )
Domain NEW
OLD
OLDTEMP
Domain foption
(Bits 14:2)
domain option
( itemnum=3 )
Logical record size recsize recsize record size option
( itemnum=19 )
Block/buffer size blockfactor blockfactor block factor
option
( itemnum=40 )
Record format F
V
U
Record format
foption (Bits 8:2)
record format
option
( itemnum=6 )
ASCII/Binary Code ASCII
Binary
ASCII/Binary
foption (Bits 13:1)
ASCII/Binary option
( itemnum=53 )
Carriage-control
characters supplied
in FWRITE
CCTL
NOCCTL
Carriage-control
foption (Bits 7:1)
carriage-control
option
( itemnum=7 )
Access mode IN
OUT
OUTKEEP
APPEND
INOUT
UPDATE
Access-type aoption
(Bits 12:4)
access type option
( itemnum=11 )
Number of buffers numbuffers
NOBUF
numbuffers (Bits
11:5)
numbuffers option
( itemnum=44 )
Exclusive/Share
access
EXC
SEMI
SHR
EXCLUSIVE access
aoption (Bits 8:2)
exclusive option
( itemnum=13 )