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UNLOCK Statement

The UNLOCK statement removes record locks.

General Format:

       UNLOCK file-1 {RECORD } 
                     {RECORDS}

Syntax:

file-n is a file described in the File Section with an FD.

General Rules:

  1. file-1 must be OPEN when the UNLOCK statement is executed.
  2. The UNLOCK statement releases record locks for file-1.

Code Sample:

       IDENTIFICATION DIVISION.
       PROGRAM-ID. UNLOCK-1. 
       ENVIRONMENT DIVISION. 
       INPUT-OUTPUT SECTION. 
       FILE-CONTROL. 
              SELECT RESWORDS ASSIGN TO "RESWORDS" 
              ORGANIZATION IS INDEXED 
              ACCESS IS DYNAMIC 
              RECORD KEY IS RESERVED-WORD 
              FILE STATUS IS RESWORDS-STAT. 

       DATA DIVISION. 
       FILE SECTION. 
       FD RESWORDS. 
       01 RESWORDS-RECORD. 
              03 RESERVED-WORD     PIC X(30). 
              03 COMMENT           PIC X(20). 

       WORKING-STORAGE SECTION. 
       77 RESWORDS-STAT PIC XX. 
              88 END-OF-RESWORDS VALUE "10". 
       77 DUMMY PIC X. 

       PROCEDURE DIVISION. 
       MAIN. 
              OPEN OUTPUT RESWORDS. 
              MOVE "ACCEPT" TO RESERVED-WORD. 
              MOVE "HELLO WORLD" TO COMMENT. 
              WRITE RESWORDS-RECORD. 
              CLOSE RESWORDS. 

              OPEN I-O RESWORDS. 
              MOVE "ACCEPT" TO RESERVED-WORD. 
              READ RESWORDS WITH LOCK. 

              UNLOCK RESWORDS RECORD. 
              DISPLAY "UNLOCK [FILE] RECORD" LINE 5 COL 10. 

              MOVE "ACCEPT" TO RESERVED-WORD. 
              READ RESWORDS WITH LOCK. 

              UNLOCK RESWORDS RECORDS. 
              DISPLAY "UNLOCK [FILE] RECORDS" LINE 7 COL 10. 

              DISPLAY "UNLOCK-1 FINISHED!" LINE 11 COL 10. 
              ACCEPT DUMMY LINE 11 COL 35. 

              CLOSE RESWORDS. 
              STOP RUN.
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