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File Interfaces in Release 6.40


1. New statement TRUNCATE DATASET


2. New addition NO END OF LINE in TRANSFER


3. Change to addition POSITION END-OF-FILE

Other versions: 7.31 | 7.40 | 7.54

Modification 1

New statement TRUNCATE DATASET

The new statement TRUNCATE DATASET sets the end of file to a specified item, therefore shortening or lengthening a file.

Modification 2

New addition NO END OF LINE in TRANSFER

The new addition NO END OF LINE to statement TRANSFER prevents that for a text file or legacy text file, an end-of-line-selection is added to the data to be transferred.

Modification 3

Change to addition POSITION END-OF-FILE

In the statement SET DATASET, the name of the POSITION END-OF-FILE addition is changed for uniformity reasons to POSITION END OF FILE. The END-OF-FILE spelling is still supported for compatibility reasons, but is no longer documented and no longer recommended.