Opening a Tape file in I-O mode

This is a Mainframe COBOL forum - you can post your queries on Mainframe COBOL, VS COBOL II, COBOL/370 , Enterprise COBOL

Moderators: dbzTHEdinosauer, Moderator Group

Post Reply
User avatar
thamodharan
Member
Posts: 21
Joined: Tue Oct 21, 2008 4:45 pm
Location: chennai

Opening a Tape file in I-O mode

Post by thamodharan » Wed Sep 09, 2009 12:20 am

Hi All,

Can I open a Tape file in I-O mode? when I tried to open a Tape file in I-O mode I was getting 37 file status.
Anyone plz let me know whether we can open a Tape file in I-O mode?


Thanks!

Anuj Dhawan
Moderator
Posts: 1625
Joined: Sat Aug 09, 2008 9:02 am
Location: Mumbai, India

Post by Anuj Dhawan » Sat Sep 19, 2009 2:06 pm

No you can not open a tape file in I-O mode. Think about the physical structure of a tape!
Regards,
Anuj

Post Reply

FREE TUTORIALS

Tutorials
Free tutorials from mainframegurukul
  • JCL Tutorial
    Covers all important JCL concepts.
  • Cobol Tutorial
    This tutorials covers all Cobol Topics from STRING to COMP-3.
  • DB2 Tutorial
    DB2 Tutorial focuses on DB2 COBOL Programming.
  • SORT Tutorial
    This Tutorial covers all important aspects of DFSORT with examples
  • CICS Tutorial
    This CICS tutorial covers CICS concepts and CICS Basics, CICS COBOL Programming.
Interview
Mainframe Interview questions



Other References
Mainframe Tools and others