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Continuation Line Summary Chart

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|          Continuation Line Summary Chart                       |
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| POSI-    | NAME     | ENTRY    | EXPLANATION                   |
| TIONS    |          |          |                               |
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| 1-2      | Page     | Page     | Entry assigns a page number   |
|          |          | number   | to each specification form.   |
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| 3-5      | Line     | Line     | Entry numbers the specifica-  |
|          |          | number   | tion line.                    |
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| 6        | Form     | F        | Identification for a file     |
|          | type     |          | description specification.    |
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| 7-18     |          | Blank    | These positions must be blank |
|          |          |          | for a separate continuation   |
|          |          |          | line.                         |
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| 19-28    |          | External | These positions are used to   |
|          |          | name of  | specify the external name of  |
|          |          | record   | the record format that is to  |
|          |          | format   | be renamed ("RENAME") or      |
|          |          |          | ignored ("IGNORE").           |
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| 29-46    |          | Blank    | These positions must be blank |
|          |          |          | for a separate continuation   |
|          |          |          | line.                         |
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| 47-52    | Record   | Numeric  | For the "SFILE" options,      |
|          | number   | field    | these positions must specify  |
|          | field    | name     | the name of a Relative Record |
|          | for      |          | Number ("RECNO") field. For   |
|          | "SFILE"  |          | other continuation line       |
|          |          |          | options, these positions must |
|          |          |          | be blank.                     |
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| 53       | Contin-  | K        | Indicates a continuation      |
|          | uation   |          | line.                         |
|          | line     |          |                               |
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| 54-59,   |          |          | These positions are used      |
| 60-67    |          |          | together.  Positions 54       |
|          |          |          | through 59 specify the        |
|          |          |          | option, while positions 60    |
|          |          |          | through 67 provide further    |
|          |          |          | explanation of the option.    |
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| 68-74    |          | Blank    | These positions must be blank |
|          |          |          | for a separate continuation   |
|          |          |          | line.                         |
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| 75-80    |          | Optional | This space is available for   |
|          |          |          | comments.                     |
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