ILE COBOL Programmer's Guide

COBOL Source File Format

The standard record length of your source files is 92 characters. These 92 characters are made up of a 6-character sequence number, an 80-character data field, and a 6-character date-last-modified area.

The ILE COBOL compiler supports an additional record length of 102; a field of 10 characters containing supplementary information is placed at the end of the record (positions 93-102). This information is not used by the ILE COBOL compiler, but is placed on the extreme right of the compiler listing. You are responsible for placing information into this field. If you want to use this additional field, create a source file with a record length of 102.

A source file is supplied where you can store your source records if you do not want to create your own file. This file, named QCBLLESRC, is in library QGPL and has a record length of 92 characters.


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