The BLOCK CONTAINS Clause

The BLOCK CONTAINS clause specifies the size of a physical record.

XOPEN Although it is a part of the standard COBOL definition, this feature is explicitly excluded from the X/Open COBOL language definitions and should not be used in a conforming X/Open COBOL source program.

General Format


Syntax for General Format for the BLOCK CONTAINS clause

General Rules

  1. MF This clause is documentary only.
Parent topic: File Description Entry Skeleton